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Using Three Dimensional Polycrystal Plasticity for the Modeling of Surface Roughening During Bulk Deformation
Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Grants
  • Timothy B. Dewhurst, Cedarville University
Document Type
Grant
Date
1-1-1995
Disciplines
Keywords
  • three dimensional polycrystal plasticity,
  • surface roughening,
  • bulk deformation
Funding Agency
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Comments

(This grant was for 250 hours of CPU time at one of the national supercomputing centers - there was no monetary award). A three dimensional finite element code with a polycrystal plasticity model is used to predict the development of surface roughness during underlying bulk deformation. Surface roughness is an important issue for many metalforming industries, especially automobile and beverage can companies. The orientation of individual grains in the material results in anisotropic behavior, and the surface grains, due to their individual orientations, do not deform uniformly. As a result, a roughening of the surface occurs. To model this development, a polycrystal finite element model will be used. The code, specifically developed for running on the CM-5 machine, takes advantage of the parallel processing environment to perform element and grain level computations in parallel. Numerous simulations will be performed to investigate the effect of various process parameters on the development of surface roughness and a concurrent experimental program will provide data for validation of the numerical simulations.

Citation Information
Timothy B. Dewhurst. "Using Three Dimensional Polycrystal Plasticity for the Modeling of Surface Roughening During Bulk Deformation" (1995)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/timothy_dewhurst/69/