Thixo-forging and simulation of complex parts of aluminum alloy AlSi7Mg

Kai-kun Wang

doi:10.1007/s12613-010-0109-y

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Kai-kun Wang, Thixo-forging and simulation of complex parts of aluminum alloy AlSi7Mg, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 17(2010), No. 1, pp. 53-57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-010-0109-y

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Kai-kun Wang, Thixo-forging and simulation of complex parts of aluminum alloy AlSi7Mg, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 17(2010), No. 1, pp. 53-57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-010-0109-y

Kai-kun Wang, Thixo-forging and simulation of complex parts of aluminum alloy AlSi7Mg, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 17(2010), No. 1, pp. 53-57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-010-0109-y

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Kai-kun Wang, Thixo-forging and simulation of complex parts of aluminum alloy AlSi7Mg, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 17(2010), No. 1, pp. 53-57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-010-0109-y

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Thixo-forging and simulation of complex parts of aluminum alloy AlSi7Mg

Kai-kun Wang

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Kai-kun Wang E-mail: kkwang@mater.ustb.edu.cn
Received: 17 January 2009; Revised: 28 February 2009; Accepted: 12 March 2009

Abstract

Abstract

In order to investigate the formability of metal material in semisolid state, a series of experiments were carried out by thixo-forging the complex part of aluminum alloy AlSi7Mg. Through changing the upper punch, aluminum parts with different upper-cup dimensions can be successfully produced. The numerical simulation was conducted for investigating the forming limits of AlSi7Mg during thixo-forging. It is found that the simulation result is in good agreement with the experiment one.
- thixo forging;
- aluminum alloy;
- formability;
- numerical simulation