Effects of Process Parameters on Copper Powder Compaction Process Using Multi-Particle Finite Element Method

9th International Conference on Tribology

Güner, F.^1 ; Sofuolu, H.^2

Giresun University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Giresun

28200, Turkey^1

Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Trabzon

61080, Turkey^2

关键词: Compaction process;    Constant coefficients;    Finite-element approach;    Friction coefficients;    Multi particle finite element methods;    Multi-Particle Finite Element (MPFEM);    Powder compactions;    Tetrahedral elements;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/295/1/012027/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/295/1/012027

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Powder metallurgy (PM) has been widely used in several industries; especially automotive and aerospace industries and powder metallurgy products grow up every year. The mechanical properties of the final product that is obtained by cold compaction and sintering in powder metallurgy are closely related to the final relative density of the process. The distribution of the relative density in the die is affected by parameters such as compaction velocity, friction coefficient and temperature. Moreover, most of the numerical studies utilizing finite element approaches treat the examined environment as a continuous media with uniformly homogeneous porosity whereas Multi-Particle Finite Element Method (MPFEM) treats every particles as an individual body. In MPFEM, each of the particles can be defined as an elastic- plastic deformable body, so the interactions of the particles with each other and the die wall can be investigated. In this study, each particle was modelled and analyzed as individual deformable body with 3D tetrahedral elements by using MPFEM approach. This study, therefore, was performed to investigate the effects of different temperatures and compaction velocities on stress distribution and deformations of copper powders of 200 μm-diameter in compaction process. Furthermore, 3-D MPFEM model utilized von Mises material model and constant coefficient of friction of μ=0.05. In addition to MPFEM approach, continuum modelling approach was also performed for comparison purposes.