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Influence of the anisotropic behavior on equibiaxial paths

Salles, F. F.; Oliveira, M. C.; Neto, D. M.; Alves, J. L.; Menezes, L. F.; Fernandes, J. V.

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Marciniak and Nakajima tests are commonly used in building FLD's, since they allow covering all regions from uniaxial to almost equibiaxial strain paths. In this work, the deviation from equibiaxial strain paths is analyzed as function of the material anisotropic behavior. The numerical results show that material with r0 = r90 present equibiaxial stress and strain paths, while for the ones with r0 β‰  r90 the paths are neither equibiaxial in stress nor strain. Moreover, it is shown that despite the similarities between the two tests, they present different sensitivity to the control of the blank holder force and to the friction coefficient. Namely, the stress and strain paths in the Marciniak specimen center are more sensitive to the control of the blank holder force. On the other hand, the stress and strain paths in the Nakajima specimen center are more sensitive to the friction coefficient. The deviation from the equibiaxial strain path indicates that the stress ratio is also not necessarily 1.0, meaning that the stress triaxiality and the Lode parameter also present some deviation from the reference values for an equibiaxial stress state. This should be taken into account when analyzing forming limit results.

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Influence of the Anisotropic Behavior on Equibiaxial Paths F.F. Salles1,a*, M.C. Oliveira1,b, D.M. Neto1,c, J.L. Alves2,d, L.F. Menezes1,e and J.V. Fernandes1,f 1CEMMPRE, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Portugal 2CMEMS, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minho, GuimarΓ£es, Portugal a[email protected], b,c,e,fmarta.oliveira, diogo.neto, luis.menezes, [email protected], c[email protected] Keywords: Numerical simulation, Anisotropic metallic sheets, Stress and strain paths Abstract. Marciniak and Nakajima tests are commonly used in building FLD's, since they allow covering all regions from uniaxial to almost equibiaxial strain paths. In this work, the deviation from equibiaxial strain paths is analyzed as function of the material anisotropic behavior. The numerical results show that material with π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0=π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90 present equibiaxial stress and strain paths, while for the ones with π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0β‰  π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90 the paths are neither equibiaxial in stress nor strain. Moreover, it is shown that despite the similarities between the two tests, they present different sensitivity to the control of the blank holder force and to the friction coefficient. Namely, the stress and strain paths in the Marciniak specimen center are more sensitive to the control of the blank holder force. On the other hand, the stress and strain paths in the Nakajima specimen center are more sensitive to the friction coefficient. The deviation from the equibiaxial strain path indicates that the stress ratio is also not necessarily 1.0, meaning that the stress triaxiality and the Lode parameter also present some deviation from the reference values for an equibiaxial stress state. This should be taken into account when analyzing forming limit results. Introduction Sheet metal forming process are widely used by the automotive industry. Therefore, the numerical simulation of these processes has been continuously developed, since it allows predicting several forming defects, saving time and costs with prototypes and experimental tests [1,2]. Accordingly, several numerical models have been developed using the finite element method for modelling the elastoplastic behavior of the sheet metal under contact with the forming tools [3]. The accuracy of these models is strongly connected with the experimental data used in their calibration. Among the most common failures in sheet metal forming processes, the strain localization that occurs before the ductile fracture of the material is one of the most important to be able to predict [4]. This phenomenon is commonly experimentally assessed using the Forming Limit Diagram (FLD), which was first proposed by Keeler and Goodwin [5,6]. Both the Marciniak and the Nakajima tests are used to define the forming limit curve, described by the ISO 12004-2 standard [7]. The circular specimen used in those experimental tests is intended to provide the equibiaxial stress state, such as in the hydraulic bulge test. However, it has been shown that for materials with a high degree of anisotropy, the material experiences a strain path that is neither equibiaxial in stress or strain, in the hydraulic bulge test [8,9]. This work aims to analyze the behavior of virtual materials with different degrees of anisotropy in Marciniak and Nakajima tests. Marciniak tests. This test was proposed by Marciniak [10] and it is performed using a flat punch, as shown in the Fig. 1. The blank is lubricated but in order to minimize the influence of the lubrication conditions, an intermediate blank, with a circular hole, is placed between the punch and the metallic specimen. This guarantees that fracture occurs in the material located in the planar bottom of the cup. In order to obtain different strain paths, punches with different cross sections can be used, such as circular, elliptical or rectangular. Nevertheless, the most used solution is to change the width of the specimen [11]. Key Engineering Materials Submitted: 2021-12-08 ISSN: 1662-9795, Vol. 926, pp 1007-1020 Revised: 2022-01-21 doi:10.4028/p-u7u5i8 Accepted: 2022-02-04 Β© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland. Online: 2022-07-22 This article is an open access article under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) Figure 1. Schematic layout of the device used in the Marciniak test. Nakajima tests. The Nakajima test uses a spherical punch and a circular die, as shown in Fig. 2 [11]. In order to generate different strain paths, the specimen geometry is modified, varying the width of the central region. As in the Marciniak test, the blank is lubricated to reduce the influence of the lubrication conditions of the test results. Nevertheless, it is known that the contact conditions between the punch and the blank alter the location of the strain localization [12]. Figure 2. Schematic layout of the device used in the Nakajima test. Numerical Model Constitutive model. For metallic sheets, the elastic behavior is assumed as isotropic. The Hooke’s law is adopted, which requires the definition of the Young’s modulus, that for the virtual material used is E=210 GPa, and of the Poisson coefficient, Ο…=0.3. The plastic behavior is defined by a flow rule, a hardening law and a yield criterion [13]. In the current study, an associated flow rule is adopted, meaning that the yield criterion has the dual role of plastic potential. The hardening was described by the Swift law: π‘Œπ‘Œ=πΎπΎοΏ½πœ€πœ€ 0 +πœ€πœ€ξͺ§ p οΏ½ 𝑛𝑛 . (1) where π‘Œπ‘Œ is the flow stress and πœ€πœ€ξͺ§p is the equivalent plastic strain. πœ€πœ€0, 𝐾𝐾 and 𝑛𝑛 are material parameters, with the latter being commonly referred as the strain-hardening coefficient [14,15]. The initial yield stress is defined as π‘Œπ‘Œ0=𝐾𝐾(πœ€πœ€0)𝑛𝑛. The parameters adopted in the numerical simulations are listed in Table 1. The orthotropic behavior was described by the Hill 1948 yield criterion, which is a generalization of the Huber-Mises-Hencky isotropic criterion for anisotropic materials. The yield function is defined as follows [16] : 𝐹𝐹�𝜎𝜎 𝑦𝑦 βˆ’ 𝜎𝜎 𝑧𝑧 οΏ½ 2 +𝐺𝐺(𝜎𝜎 𝑧𝑧 βˆ’ 𝜎𝜎 x )2+𝐻𝐻�𝜎𝜎 x βˆ’ 𝜎𝜎 y οΏ½ 2 + 2𝐿𝐿𝜏𝜏 yz 2+ 2π‘€π‘€πœπœ zx 2+ 2π‘π‘πœπœ xy 2=π‘Œπ‘Œ2. (2) where 𝐹𝐹, 𝐺𝐺, 𝐻𝐻, 𝐿𝐿, 𝑀𝑀 and 𝑁𝑁 are the anisotropy coefficients. The subscripts x, y, and z are related with the material axis, i.e. to the rolling, transverse, and thickness directions of the metal sheet, respectively [15,16]. The virtual materials selected present different values for the r-values evaluated from uniaxial tensile tests performed with the specimen aligned with the rolling, diagonal and transverse directions, i.e. π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0, π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ45 and π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90. The labelling adopted for the materials is constructed using the r-values, i.e. π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0_ π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ45_π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90. The anisotropy parameters of the Hill 1948 yield criterion were determined based on 1008 Achievements and Trends in Material Forming these values and assuming the condition that 𝐺𝐺+𝐻𝐻= 1, i.e. the Swift law corresponds to the stress vs. plastic strain curve under uniaxial tensile test along the Ox axis. Table 2 shows the anisotropy coefficients of the virtual materials used in the simulations. Table 1. Swift hardening law parameters. π’€π’€πŸŽπŸŽ[𝐌𝐌𝐌𝐌𝐌𝐌] 𝑲𝑲[𝐌𝐌𝐌𝐌𝐌𝐌] 𝜺𝜺𝟎𝟎 𝒏𝒏 200 577.08 0.005 0.20 Table 2. Hill48 criterion parameters of the virtual materials. Material F G H L=M N 1_1_1 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.500 1.500 0.6_3_0.6 0.625 0.625 0.375 1.500 4.375 1.5_3_1.5 0.400 0.400 0.600 1.500 2.800 1.5_3_3 0.200 0.400 0.600 1.500 2.100 0.6_1.8_3 0.125 0.625 0.375 1.500 1.725 (a) (b) Figure 3. Mechanical behavior of the virtual materials: (a) normalized yield surface assuming plane stress conditions with the 𝜎𝜎3= 0; (b) strain ratio evolution as a function of the loading direction. Fig. 3 (a) presents the normalized yield surface for each material, highlighting that for the materials with π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0=π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90 the major axis of the ellipse has a slope equal to 1.0, while the others have a higher slope. When analyzing plane stress states, it is common to define the loading direction, πœ‘πœ‘, based on the slope between the stress component in the transverse, 𝜎𝜎TD, and rolling directions, 𝜎𝜎RD. When adopting an associated flow rule, the normal to the yield surface defines the direction of the plastic strain rate. This enables the analytical evaluation of the ratio between the minor and major in-plane strains, πœ€πœ€minor πœ€πœ€major ⁄. Fig. 3 (b) shows the evolution of this strain ratio as function of the loading direction (Ο†). Considering the equibiaxial stress condition (Ο† =45Β°), by definition all materials have a stress ratio (𝜎𝜎TR 𝜎𝜎RD ⁄) equal to 1. However, Fig. 3 (b) shows that only the materials with π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0=π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90 will present πœ€πœ€minor πœ€πœ€major ⁄=1 for Ο† =45Β°. The materials with π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0β‰  π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90 present a value for πœ€πœ€minor πœ€πœ€major ⁄ smaller than 1, which is attained only for higher values of πœ‘πœ‘, in agreement with the increase of the slope of the major axis of the ellipse. Thus, for materials with π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0=π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90 the equibiaxial stress and strain path occur for Ο† =45Β°, while for the 1.5_3_3 the equibiaxial strain path correspond to Ο† =48.8Β° (𝜎𝜎TD 𝜎𝜎RD ⁄=1.14) and for 0.6_1.8_3, Ο† =57.5Β° (𝜎𝜎TD 𝜎𝜎RD ⁄=1.57). On the other hand, the equibiaxial stress state corresponds to a πœ€πœ€minor πœ€πœ€major ⁄ ratio of 0.5 for the materials 1.5_3_3 and 0.2 for the 0.6_1.8_3. 1_1_1 0.6_3_0.6 1.5_3_1.5 1.5_3_3 0.6_1.8_3 -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 -2 -1 012 Οƒ TD /Y Οƒ RD /Y -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 Ξ΅ minor /Ξ΅ major Ο†[Degree] Key Engineering Materials Vol. 926 1009 Any stress state can also be characterized by the triaxiality and the Lode parameter. The stress triaxiality is the relative degree of hydrostatic stress, while the Lode parameter characterizes the magnitude of the intermediate principal stress, 𝜎𝜎2, with respect to the other two (𝜎𝜎1 and 𝜎𝜎3). The equibiaxial stress state presents 𝜎𝜎1=𝜎𝜎2>𝜎𝜎3(= 0). Thus, the corresponding value for the stress triaxiality is 0.67 (2/3) while for the Lode parameter is -1. Note that when 𝜎𝜎2=(𝜎𝜎1)2 ⁄>𝜎𝜎3(= 0) the value of the stress triaxiality becomes lower (0.57 (√33 ⁄)) and the Lode parameter is null. Thus, the increase of the ratio between the major and the minor in plane stresses leads to a reduction of both the stress triaxiality and the Lode parameter. Finite element model. The evolution of the stress and strain paths in the Marciniak and Nakajima tests is studied using numerical simulations, performed with the in-house finite element solver DD3IMP (Deep Drawing 3D IMPlicit) [17,18]. In order to reduce the computational time, only a quarter of each test was modelled, taking advantage of the geometrical, loading and material symmetry conditions. The models included the draw bead geometry with the details given in Fig. 1 for the Marciniak test and in Fig. 2 for the Nakajima test. In this context, it should be mentioned that the intermediate blank was not considered in the Marciniak test, since this involves contact between deformable bodies. Instead, the geometry of the punch and lower die was offset with a value equal to the thickness of the intermediate blank, assuming that it suffers no deformation. Considering one quarter, the blank’s geometry is a square with dimensions: 101.6Γ—101.6Γ—1 (mm). The blank was discretized with linear hexahedral finite elements, combined with a selective reduced integration technique [19]. Two layers of elements were considered through the thickness to allow an accurate evaluation of the through-thickness stress gradients. The mesh of the blank presents structured zones with the element size defined based on the contact conditions with the tools. Unstructured finite element meshes were used for the transition regions, in order to make a smooth transition without element distortions. Moreover, a smaller element size was also applied in the central area of the blank, where the evolution of the stress and strain paths were followed. The Marciniak specimen has a total of 13500 elements while the Nakajima specimen has 12548. The blank rolling direction was always assumed to be oriented along Oy. The forming tools are considered rigid and were modelled by Nagata patches [20,21]. The contact with friction conditions were modelled with the Coulomb friction model. Nevertheless, since the tests are commonly performed using lubricants to reduce friction, most of the numerical simulations were performed under frictionless conditions [22]. Most of the numerical simulations were performed with a closing force for the draw bead of 1280kN for the Marciniak test and 960 kN for the Nakajima test. Results and Discussion Influence of the orthotropic behavior. The Marciniak tests were performed for the different materials until attaining the maximum force, as shown in Fig. 4 (a). For the materials with π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0=π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90, the punch force presents lower values for the 0.6_3_0.6 material, which has the smallest yield surface (see Fig. 3 (a)), while the opposite is observed for the 1.5_3_1.5. For the materials with π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0β‰  π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90, it is more difficult to correlate the results. Fig. 4 (b) presents the strain paths observed at the specimen center for the different materials. Although materials 0.6_3_0.6 and 1.5_3_1.5 are anisotropic, the strain path is equibiaxial since π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0= π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90. For the materials with π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0β‰  π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90, the strain path is no longer equibiaxial. Fig. 5 (a) and (b) show the evolution of the stress triaxiality and the Lode parameter with the punch displacement, respectively. The triaxiality in all materials is close to the expected value for the equibiaxial stress state, i.e. 0.67 (2/3), except for the material 0.6_1.8_3, which has the highest degree of anisotropy. Similar results are seen for the Lode parameter, i.e. the materials present a value close to the expected one of -1. Nevertheless, the materials with π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0β‰  π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90 show some deviation, particularly the material 0.6_1.8_3, which is associated with a bigger difference between π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0 and π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90. As shown in Fig. 4 (b), the materials with π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0β‰  π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90 have a similar strain path, i.e. πœ€πœ€minor πœ€πœ€major ⁄ ratio. Nevertheless, it corresponds to a loading direction (stress ratio) different from 45ΒΊ, particularly for the material 1010 Achievements and Trends in Material Forming 0.6_1.8_3, as shown in Fig. 3 (b). The increase of the stress ratio justifies the differences in the values of the stress triaxiality and of the Lode parameter, observed in Fig. 5. (a) (b) Figure 4. Effect of the material anisotropy on the predictions of the Marciniak test simulations: (a) punch force evolution; (b) major-minor strain. (a) (b) Figure 5. Effect of the material anisotropy on the predictions of the Marciniak test simulations: (a) Stress triaxiality; (b) Lode parameter. Fig. 6 (a) and (b) show the evolution of the stress and strain ratios with the equivalent plastic strain, respectively. Only the materials 1.5_3_3 and 0.6_1.8_3 present ratios different from 1, i.e. the stress state found is neither equibiaxial stress nor equibiaxial strain. Taking into account the previous analysis of Fig. 3 (b), it is observed that for the material located in the center of the specimen the stress and strain paths are between these two. The loading directions are Ο† ~47.7Β° and Ο† =54.5Β° for the materials 1.5_3_3 and 0.6_1.8_3, respectively. It should be mentioned that the results are plotted only for the stage corresponding the punch displacement. Thus, the results highlight the fact that closure of the blank holder induces a higher pre-strain for the 1.5_3_3 material, when compared with the other materials. 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 0 10 20 30 40 Punch force [kN] Punch displacement [mm] 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 Ξ΅ major Ξ΅ minor (1_1_1) (0.6_3_0.6) (1.5_3_1.5) (1.5_3_3) (0.6_1.8_3) 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0 10 20 30 40 Ξ· Punch displacement [mm] (1_1_1) (0.6_3_0.6) (1.5_3_1.5) (1.5_3_3) (0.6_1.8_3) -1.2 -1 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0 10 20 30 40 Punch displacement [mm] Key Engineering Materials Vol. 926 1011 (a) (b) Figure 6. Effect of the material anisotropy on the predictions of the Marciniak test simulations: (a) Stress path ratioequivalent plastic strain; (b) Strain path ratioequivalent plastic strain. Nakajima test were also performed for the different materials until a maximum punch displacement of 40 mm, as shown in Fig. 7 (a). The trend for the influence of the anisotropy in the punch force values is identical to the one observed for the Marciniak test (see Fig. 4 (a)). The lower punch force values are due to the spherical geometry of the punch used in the Nakajima test. The strain paths for all virtual materials are shown in Fig. 7 (b), showing that also in this case the equibiaxial strain state is only attained for the materials with π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0=π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90. Since in this case higher values of equivalent plastic strain are attained, the slight deviation from a linear strain path is more evident for the materials with π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0β‰  π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90. (a) (b) Figure 7. Effect of the material anisotropy on the predictions of the Nakajima test simulations: (a) punch force evolution; (b) major-minor strain. Fig. 8 (a) and (b) show the evolution of the stress triaxiality and Lode parameter for all virtual materials studied. Also, in the case of these variables, the trend is very similar to the one observed for the Marciniak test, with a clear divergence from the reference values for the material 0.6_1.8_3. Note that the stress triaxiality and the Lode parameter are only plotted when the material enters in the plastic regime. Thus, the comparison of Fig. 8 with Fig. 5 highlights that the orthotropic behavior 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 Οƒ TD /Οƒ RD (1_1_1) (0.6_3_0.6) (1.5_3_1.5) (1.5_3_3) (0.6_1.8_3) 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 Ξ΅ minor /Ξ΅ major 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 10 20 30 40 Punch force [kN] Punch displacement [mm] 0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 Ξ΅ major Ξ΅ minor (1_1_1) (0.6_3_0.6) (1.5_3_1.5) (1.5_3_3) (0.6_1.8_3) 1012 Achievements and Trends in Material Forming also influences the punch displacement for which the materials enter in the plastic regime. The materials with the lowest values for the equibiaxial stress enter in plastic regime for lower values of punch displacement (see the normalized yield surfaces in the Fig. 3 (a)). (a) (b) Figure 8. Effect of the material anisotropy on the predictions of the Nakajima test simulations: (a) Stress triaxiality; (b) Lode parameter. (a) (b) Figure 9. Effect of the material anisotropy on the predictions of the Nakajima test simulations: (a) Stress path ratioequivalent plastic strain; (b) Strain path ratioequivalent plastic strain. Fig. 9 (a) and (b) show the evolution of stress ratio and strain ratio with the equivalent plastic strain for the Nakajima test. Although the results show a trend similar to the one observed in the Marciniak tests (Fig. 6), there are some relevant differences. In the Nakajima test, the closure of the blank holder induces a higher pre-strain for the materials 1.5_3_3 and 0.6_1.8_3. Moreover, both ratios present a linearly decreasing trend with the increase of the equivalent plastic strain, which is consistent with the slight change in the strain path observed in Fig. 7 (b). These results also show that it is more difficult to observe these slight changes in the evolution of the stress triaxiality than in the Lode parameter. Finally, for both tests the materials with π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ0β‰  π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ90 presented 𝜎𝜎RD β‰  𝜎𝜎TD and πœ€πœ€minor β‰  πœ€πœ€major, despite the geometrical constrains imposed by the circular draw bead. As expected the results are similar to those reported in [9] for the hydraulic expansion test. 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0 10 20 30 40 Ξ· Punch displacement [mm] (1_1_1) (0.6_3_0.6) (1.5_3_1.5) (1.5_3_3) (0.6_1.8_3) -1.2 -1 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0 10 20 30 40 Punch displacement [mm] 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 ΟƒTD/ΟƒRD (1_1_1) (0.6_3_0.6) (1.5_3_1.5) (1.5_3_3) (0.6_1.8_3) 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 Ξ΅ minor /Ξ΅ major Key Engineering Materials Vol. 926 1013 Influence of the blank holder force. The analysis of the influence of the blank holder force is performed only for the material 0.6_1.8_3, since it presents the largest deviation from the equibiaxial stress state. Numerical simulations were performed only with blank holder forces lower than the one applied in the previous section. (a) (b) Figure 10. Effect of the blank holder force on the predictions of the Marciniak test simulations: (a) punch force evolution; (b) major-minor strain. (a) (b) Figure 11. Effect of the blank holder force on the predictions of the Marciniak test simulations: (a) stress path ratioequivalent plastic strain; (b) strain path ratioequivalent plastic strain. Fig. 10 (a) shows the Marciniak punch force evolution with its displacement confirming a negligible effect of the blank holder force. However, Fig. 10 (b) shows that there was a significant impact on the strain path, which is more linear when higher values are applied. In order to understand better these results, Fig. 11 (a) and (b) show the evolution of stress ratio and strain ratio. The impact caused by the increase of the force is visible, since it leads to an increase of the stress ratio to a value closer to 1.4 and the strain ratio to 0.7. Moreover, the paths become more constant. These results confirm the influence of the geometrical constrains imposed on the stress and strain states. Note that for a low blank holder force the stress ratio decreases and the material in the cup’s center tends to deviate even more from the equibiaxial strain state, in agreement with the analysis presented in Fig. 3 (b). 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 0 10 20 30 40 Punch force [kN] Punch displacement [mm] 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 Ξ΅ major Ξ΅ minor 320 kN 640 kN 960 kN 1280 kN 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 Οƒ TD /Οƒ RD 320 kN 640 kN 960 kN 1280 kN 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 Ξ΅ minor /Ξ΅ major 1014 Achievements and Trends in Material Forming (a) (b) Figure 12. (a) Comparison of blank slip of Marciniak and Nakajima tests with different blank holder forces; (b) Location on the specimen of the point used to evaluate the slip. The same study was performed for the Nakajima test. However, the effect of the blank holder force was almost negligible in that case, with only a slight deviation in the results for the lower values of blank holder force. The reason for this difference is related with the punch geometry, which induces higher forces in the Marciniak than in the Nakajima (see Fig. 4 (a) and Fig. 7 (a)). Fig. 12 (a) presents the sliding of the blank during the punch movement, evaluated in the radius of the draw bead along the rolling direction (see Fig. 12 (b)), for different values of blank holder force. The Marciniak test presents a significant reduction of the sliding of the blank as the blank holder force increases, while that effect is almost negligible in the Nakajima test. Influence of the friction coefficient. As in the previous section, the material 0.6_1.8_3 was selected to analyze the influence of the friction coefficient on both tests. (a) (b) Figure 13. Effect of the friction coefficient on the predictions of the Marciniak test simulations: (a) punch force evolution; (b) major-minor strain. Regarding the Marciniak test, the increase of the friction coefficient leads to a slight increase of the punch force and to a decrease of the punch displacement for which the maximum force is attained, as shown in Fig. 13 (a). On the other hand, Fig. 13 (b) shows that the strain paths in the center of the blank become more linear. 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 0 350 700 1050 1400 Blank slip [mm] Blank holder force [kN] Marciniak Nakajima 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 010 20 30 40 Punch force [kN] Punch displacement [mm] 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 Ξ΅ major Ξ΅ minor ΞΌ=0.00 ΞΌ=0.025 ΞΌ=0.05 Key Engineering Materials Vol. 926 1015