Experimental Investigation on the Formability of Al-Mg Alloy 5052 Sheet by Tensile and Cupping Test

• Published in: Materials Vol. 15; no. 24; p. 8949
• Main Authors: He, Hongmei, Yang, Tao, Ren, Yi, Peng, Yi, Xue, Song, Zheng, Lixuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 14.12.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Al-Mg alloy; Alloys; Aluminum; Aluminum alloys; Aluminum base alloys; Analysis; Anisotropy; Aviation; Blankholders; Coefficient of friction; cupping; Deformation; Ductility tests; Experimental methods; Formability; Magnesium; Mechanical properties; Metal sheets; Microcomputers; Process parameters; Research methodology; Rolling direction; Room temperature; sheet forming; Specialty metals industry; Strain rate; Tensile properties; Tensile strength; tensile testing; Tensile tests; Testing equipment; Yield stress; China; tensile testing; Al-Mg alloy; formability; cupping; sheet forming
• ISSN: 1996-1944; 1996-1944
• DOI: 10.3390/ma15248949

Aiming at the enhancement of the lightweight formability potential of aluminum alloy, the bulging and tensile properties of a 5052 Aluminum alloy sheet were tested on a microcomputer controlled sheet metal forming tester and tensile testing machine. The effects of different blank holder force, punch velocity and lubrication conditions were investigated on bulging properties by the experimental analysis. The cupping values (Erichsen Cupping Index: IE) of sheets with a thickness of 1.2 mm at room temperature were obtained under different process parameters. Meanwhile, the anisotropic property of the material was analyzed in different rolling directions. The results show that the sheet cupping values increase with the increase of blank holder force and punch velocity, and the stress state was changed due to the changing of the blank holder force and strain rate. Moreover, the use of lubricating conditions with a lower coefficient of friction allows the sheet to exhibit a larger cupping value. The effect of rolling direction on the anisotropy of 5052 aluminum alloy sheet is distinct, which means in the aluminum alloy sheet forming process the anisotropy factor should be carefully considered.