Research Article
Influences of Process Parameters and Vibration Parameters on the Forming Force in the Ultrasonic-Assisted Incremental Forming Process
Table 1
Simulation model settings.
| Meshing | Workpiece | Grid type: S4R | Number of units: 19600 | Tool head | Analytically rigid |
| Material model selection | Workpiece | Model: plastic model of the shell metal | Tool head | Material: 1060 aluminum sheet (elastic modulus is 70 GPa; Poisson’s ratio is 0.3; density is 2710 kg/m3) |
| Contact conditions | Contact type of tool head to sheet: surface-to-surface |
| Boundary conditions | Workpiece | 6 degrees of freedom on the surface were constrained | Tool head | Rotation: rotate anticlockwise around the sheet |
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