Effect Of Axial Feed In A T- Shape Tube Hydroforming Process

Abstract

Tube hydroforming (THF) is one of the most popular unconventional metal forming processes, which is widely used to form tubular components, in this paper a comparison between finite element method using (ANSYS11.0) program and experimental work were made to show the effect of axial compression feed in a T-shape THF process, in order to prevent excessive thinning from the internal pressure. A good agreement was obtained between experimental and numerical results. In which tube wall thickness will be gradually increase at each increasing axial feed at constant internal pressure, while the maximum stresses will be below the material ultimate stress.Keywords: the ;FEM; internal pressure; axial feed