Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian simulation of powder compaction processes

In this paper, a new strategy for the simulation of quasi-static cold compaction processes of powders is presented. A material model formulated within the framework of isotropic finite strain multiplicative hyperelastoplasticity is used. An elliptic plastic model expressed in terms of the Kirchhoff...

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Autores: Pérez Foguet, Agustí|||0000-0002-2737-4710, Rodríguez Ferran, Antonio|||0000-0002-9680-6046, Huerta, Antonio|||0000-0003-4198-3798
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/26612
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/26612
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Elastoplasticity--Mathematical models
Powder compaction
finite strains
multiplicative elastoplasticity
Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) formulation
mass conservation
nonlinear solid mechanics
Elastoplasticitat
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Física de l’estat sòlid
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Sumario:In this paper, a new strategy for the simulation of quasi-static cold compaction processes of powders is presented. A material model formulated within the framework of isotropic finite strain multiplicative hyperelastoplasticity is used. An elliptic plastic model expressed in terms of the Kirchhoff stresses and the relative density models the transition between the loose powder and the compacted sample. The Coulomb dry friction model is used to capture friction effects at powder-die contact. Excessive distortion of Lagrangian meshes due to large mass fluxes is usual in powder compaction problems. Moreover, Lagrangian approaches cannot deal properly with mass fluxes around sharp corners. For these reasons, an Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) formulation is used here. The present results illustrate that this approach allows simulating highly demanding powder compaction processes without mesh distortion and spurious oscillations in the results. Moreover, it is shown that the mass conservation principle is verified with a low relative error.