A SIMULATION WITH FINITE ELEMENTS TO MODEL STEEL SHEET SLITTING : A Master Thesis in Engineering Physics

• Main Author: Ahlgren Peters, Adam
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Tillämpad mekanik 2019
• Subjects: Finite element Method; steel; steel shearing; high performance steels; Finita Element Metoden; FEM; stål; stålklippning; höghållfasta stål; industriell ståltillverkning; spaltning; Metallurgy and Metallic Materials; Metallurgi och metalliska material
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-385495

A steel slitting process is simulated using FEM (Finite Element Method) in order to see potential defects along the edge in a steel sheet after it has been cut. The model's results were compared to microscope images of the steel sheet in order to verify accuracy. The purpose is conceptual and to find a model that successfully simulates a steel cutting process and (hopefully) how the edge depends on different parameters. The model developed seems to achieve this task, and a more thorough calibration of the model could result in (more) optimal parameters for the machine to use.