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Asymptotic analysis of asymmetric thin sheet rolling

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Authors

Minton, JJ 
Cawthorn, CJ 
Brambley, EJ 

Abstract

© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. An analytical model for asymmetric rolling is presented, which includes asymmetry in roll friction, roll size and roll speed, for a rigid, perfectly plastic thin sheet deformed with Coulomb friction. This model is solved asymptotically, based on the systematic assumptions that both the roll gap aspect ratio and the friction coefficient are small. While the leading order solution is shown to be consistent with an existing slab model, we are able to derive additional detail by looking to higher orders. We compare our higher order solution and the leading order solution with finite element simulations, and use the results to determine the practical range of validity of our analytical model. Within this region, it gives reasonable quantitative predictions of the force and torque results from finite element simulations and approximates through thickness variation of stress and strain with orders of magnitude shorter computation times. A MATLAB implementation of this solution is included in the supplementary material.

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Keywords

Thin sheet rolling, Asymmetric rolling, Asymptotic analysis, Analytical model, 2D FEM validation

Journal Title

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

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0020-7403
1879-2162

Volume Title

113

Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
The authors gratefully acknowledge funding under the EPSRC grant RG68390, and thank Julian Allwood and Evros Loukaides for helpful discussions. JJM acknowledges the Royal Society of New Zealand’s kind support through the Cambridge-Rutherford Memorial Scholarship. EJB also gratefully acknowledges the support of a Royal Society University Research Fellowship and a College Lectureship at Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge.