Experimental and numerical investigation of sheet metal failure based on Johnson-Cook model and Erichsen test over a wide range of temperatures

Abstract

The identification of Johnson-Cook parameters and the effect of different temperature gradients on A1050 sheet metal formability were performed. Tensile tests and modified Erichsen were carried out at different temperatures and also combined with numerical simulation to identify Johnson-Cook model parameters and the failure criterion. The obtained parameters were validated using the steam bulge test. A good correlation between numerical and experimental results was obtained in terms of failure behavior during the hot forming process. It was observed that hot forming improves the Erichsen index, and the thermal gradient strongly affects the failure zone position in the deformed specimens.

Keywords:

• Aluminum alloy sheet
• inverse identification
• hot metal forming
• Johnson-Cook failure
• Erichsen test
• temperature gradient
• bulge test