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.

MeshingWorkpieceGrid type: S4R
Number of units: 19600
Tool headAnalytically rigid

Material model selectionWorkpieceModel: plastic model of the shell metal
Tool headMaterial: 1060 aluminum sheet (elastic modulus is 70 GPa; Poisson’s ratio is 0.3; density is 2710 kg/m3)

Contact conditionsContact type of tool head to sheet: surface-to-surface

Boundary conditionsWorkpiece6 degrees of freedom on the surface were constrained
Tool headRotation: rotate anticlockwise around the sheet