Research Article

Influences of Vibration Parameters on Formability of 1060 Aluminum Sheet Processed by Ultrasonic Vibration-Assisted Single Point Incremental Forming

Table 1

Definitions of meshing, material model selection, and contact and boundary conditions.

MeshingWorkpieceMesh type: S4R
Number of units: 19600
Tool headAnalytical rigid

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

Contact conditionContact type between tool head and aluminum sheet: surface-to-surface

Boundary conditionsWorkpiece6 degrees of freedom (DOFs) constraint
Tool headAnticlockwise rotation around the sheet