Heat Treatment of Metals ›› 2022, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (10): 258-262.DOI: 10.13251/j.issn.0254-6051.2022.10.044

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Influence of water-entering mode on residual stress during quenching for U-section aluminum alloy forging based on DEFORM

Long Shuai1, Zhou Jie2, Wu Daoxiang3, Wang Shuyan3   

  1. 1. School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, China;
    2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China;
    3. Southwest Aluminum Co., Ltd., Chongqing 401326, China
  • Received:2022-05-06 Revised:2022-08-11 Online:2022-10-25 Published:2022-12-15

Abstract: Water-entering modes during quenching for a U-shape sectioned aluminum alloy forging after solution treatment were simulated and analyzed based on DEFORM software. The influence of four different water-entering modes of the forging and water-entering speeds of free-falling, 5 m/s and 2 m/s on the temperature field and residual stress was studied. The results reveal that the water-entering mode and speed of the forging dramatically influence the residual stress. When the forging is rotated 90° in U-face and free falls into water, the residual stress is the smallest and most evenly distributed.

Key words: U-section forging, aluminum alloy, quenching, water-entering mode, residual stress

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