Investigation and characterization of size effects in microforming processes
Investigation and characterization of size effects in microforming processes
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2008
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S. Parasiz
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INVESTIGATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SIZE EFFECTS IN MICROFORMING PROCESSES by Sunal Ahmet Parasiz University of New Hampshire, December 2008 The products of miniaturization, such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants, computers and other electronic devices have become an indispensable part of our daily lives. Nowadays, more and more industrial products including some medical and electromechanical products contain micro scale metal parts such as connector pins, resistor caps, screws, contact springs and chip lead frames. Miniaturization brings the challenge of realizing the production of these microscale metals parts. Microforming, due to its well known advantages of high production rates, excellent material utilization, and low costs, is a promising manufacturing method compared to the alternative processes in this field. However, well-established conventional, macroscale metal forming processes can not simply be miniaturized without considering possible size effects. The goal of this research was to determine if deformation size effects occur with miniaturization. Both deformation size effects with respect to specimen size and grain size were considered through the investigation of two processes, microextrusion and microbending. In both of these forming processes, deformation gradients are generated through the cross-sections of the specimens. To analyze these deformation size effects,