Engineering Faculty Internship: Concurrent Preform and Process Design for Formed Products

成形工艺的设计，特别是涉及 铝合金，是本次合作研究的重点 大学和工业之间的项目。 这项工作将尝试 利用反向追踪算法的互补方面 基于最小塑性功路径的理想成形理论 理念的设计灵敏度计算将用作 车，把一个与另一个联系起来。 统一制造 设计策略，试图同时优化 预制件的几何和材料规格，以及 工艺参数的时间和空间特性， 是这项研究的直接目标。 将设计策略应用到实际生活的设计中 形成过程，结果将通过实验 验证 该设计策略最终将扩展到 包括产品设计问题。 这将允许 实现一个长期目标的同时，而不是 顺序，成形产品和成形工艺的设计。

The design of forming processes, particularly those involving aluminum alloys, is the focus of the research of this collaborative project between the University and industry. The work will attempt to utilize the complementary aspects of backward-tracing algorithms and the ideal forming theory based on the minimum plastic work path concepts. The design sensitivity calculations will be used as the vehicle for relating one to the other. A unified manufacturing design strategy that attempts to optimize simultaneously the geometric and material specifications for the preform, as well as the temporal and spatial characteristics of the process parameters, is the immediate goal of this research. The design strategy will be applied to the design of real-life forming processes, and the results will be experimentally verified. The design strategy will eventually be extended to include issues of product design as well. This will allow the realization of an long-term goal of concurrent, rather than sequential, design of formed products and forming processes.