周向壁厚不均对BFe10-1.6-1白铜管多道次扩径拉拔变形的影响

Effect of circumferential wall thickness heterogeneity on the multi-pass expanding and drawing deformation characteristics of BFe10-1.6-1 cupronickel pipes

  • 摘要: 本文基于Deform-3D模拟了BFe10-1.6-1白铜管在均匀壁厚管坯和3种壁厚不均情况下的多道次扩径过程,获得了与实际生产相符合的“舌状”凸出,分析了管材圆度和壁厚不均在管材扩径过程中对应力应变、损伤、壁厚的影响,同时对“舌状”区域进行了EBSD表征。研究结果表明,内壁均匀度和薄壁区域对管材生产及质量影响更为显著。3种壁厚不均情况下经过4道次扩径后,内壁不均将使管材未扩径部分等效应力增加50~100 MPa,管材整体损伤数值增加0.05以上;而薄壁区域损伤数值始终处于较高水平,更易成为缺陷源头。薄壁区域在多道次扩径后无法得到改善,其厚度始终低于管材理想厚度,范围在0.4~1.5 mm之间。此外,和扩径后正常区域组织相比,舌状区域组织均匀性差,晶粒尺寸差异大,耐腐蚀性低,综合性能较差。

     

    Abstract: Based on Deform-3D software, this paper simulated the multi-pass expanding process of BFe10-1.6-1 cupronickel copper tubes under the conditions of uniform wall thickness tube billets and three kinds of uneven wall thickness, and obtained the tongue-shaped protrusion consistent with the actual production, investigated the impact of tube wall roundness and wall thickness inhomogeneity on stress, strain, damage, and wall thickness evolution during tube expanding process. Additionally, EBSD characterization was conducted on the tongue-shaped region. The findings indicate that internal wall uniformity and thin-walled regions substantially influence tube production and quality. Following four passes of expansion under the three distinct wall thickness inhomogeneity scenarios, it is observed that internal wall inhomogeneity leads to a 50~100 MPa increase in equivalent stress within the unexpanded part of the tube, accompanied by an overall damage value increment exceeding 0.05. Moreover, high levels of damage persist within the thin-walled region, making it more susceptible to defects. Despite multiple expansion passes, no improvement is achieved for the thin-walled region, which consistently maintains a suboptimal thickness ranging from 0.4 to 1.5 mm. Furthermore, compared with the typical regional structure after expanding, the uniform structure of the tongue region is poor, with significant grain size difference, low corrosion resistance, and poor comprehensive performance.

     

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