ROLLING PROCESS SIMULATION USING A DEVELOPED EULERIAN FORMULATION

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Lecturer, Mechanical Design & Production Dept., Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

Abstract

ABSTRACT
In this paper, an Eulerian formulation is developed from the more general Arbitrary
Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) formulation and is used in rolling process simulation.
Starting from the basic principles of continuum mechanics, a consistent ALE
formulation is derived. An Eulerian formulation is then obtained by fixing the finite
element mesh in space. A finite element program based on the Eulerian formulation
has been developed. The program is used to simulate a steady state rolling process.
The roll pressure distribution is compared with published experimental results.
Comparisons reveal the effectiveness of the developed formulation.

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