Browsing by Author "Shishova, Elizaveta"

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A physically based material model for the simulation of friction stir welding
(2020) Panzer, Florian; Shishova, Elizaveta; Werz, Martin; Weihe, Stefan; Eberhard, Peter; Schmauder, Siegfried
A physically based material model, taking into account the interdependence of material microstructure and yield strength, is presented for an Al 5182 series aluminum alloy for the simulation of friction stir welding using continuum mechanics approaches. A microstructure evolution equation considering dislocation density and grain size is used in conjunction with a description of yield stress. In order to fit experimental stress-strain curves, obtained from compression tests at various strain rates and temperatures, phenomenological relationships are developed for some of the model parameters. The material model is implemented in smoothed particle hydrodynamic research code as well as in the commercial finite element code Abaqus. Simulations for various strain rates and temperatures were performed and compared with experimental results as well as between the two discretization methods in order to verify the material model and the implementation. Simulations provide not only an accurate approximation of stress based on temperature, strain rate, and strain but also an improved insight into the microstructural evolution of the material.
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Reversible inter-particle bonding in SPH for improved simulation of friction stir welding
(2022) Shishova, Elizaveta; Panzer, Florian; Werz, Martin; Eberhard, Peter
Friction stir welding (FSW) is a complex joining process which is governed by multiple intertwined physical phenomena. Besides friction, inelastic heat generation, and heat conduction, it involves high plastic deformations, resulting in a need for a numerical method being able to handle all these. Such a scheme is smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), which is a mesh-free computational technique. Absence of a fixed mesh results in the ability of the method to deal with another challenge of friction stir welding, a coalescence of initially separate workpieces into one due to bonding mechanisms. The background of this phenomenon is a transition from contact between two pieces to one continuum due to enormous changes in several material condition, such as temperature, pressure, strain, and strain rate. This work deals with a new development related to bonding, which will provide deeper understanding about the physical weld formation during FSW. The SPH framework must be extended to consider this bonding mechanism. This involves the bonding criterion definition, the interaction type change, and the SPH-SPH contact formulation. Then, the implementation is tested for two different examples, a compression test and FSW.