J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2004, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (04): 379-382.

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Elasto-Plastic FEM Analysis of Residual Stress in Spun Tube

Fuan HUA, Yuansheng YANG, Dayong GUO, Wenhui TONG, Zhuangqi HU   

  1. Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2004-07-28 Published:2009-10-10
  • Contact: Yuansheng YANG

Abstract: The residual stress distribution of Hastelloy C corrosion-resistant alloy tubes after power spinning was simulated with the elasto-plastic finite element method combining with the element birth and death technique, the influences of spinning parameters on the distribution of the residual stress were investigated in detail, and the formation mechanism of residual stress during tube spinning was discussed. Based on the calculation of the residual stress, the reasons for annealing cracks on the spun tube during interpass heat treatment were explored. The simulation results and the characteristics of annealing cracks show that the circumferential residual tensile stress is a main factor to cause the annealing cracks.

Key words: Residual stress, Power spinning, Annealing cracks, Elasto-plastic FEM, Element birth and death