Numerical Simulation and Experimental Research of Metal Rolling
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 441
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the rapid development of energy conservation, emission reduction, lightweighting, and greening, the application of traditional equal thickness materials is facing challenges. Variable cross-section structural materials have become an important choice for structural design in many industries due to their significant weight reduction and consumption reduction effects, without compromising structural safety. Some precision mechanical components are also using variable thickness plates and strips. The development and application of variable thickness materials, including the control and characterization of materials in all processing steps and their final performance analysis, are within the scope of this special issue. At present, typical variable cross-section materials have been widely used in many industries, such as TRB for automobiles, variable thickness plate springs for trucks, and LP plates for ships. The advantages of this material will have potential applications in the fields of metals, metal alloys, and composite materials. The rolling method determines the dimensional accuracy, surface quality, coating adhesion, and equipment stability of variable thickness materials. The annealing process has an important impact on the mechanical properties of different variable thickness areas and the alloying process of coatings. Due to the above reasons, the preparation process of variable thickness materials is closely related to different material properties and surface coating types, and the material properties obtained based on different process paths vary greatly.
In this special issue, we welcome articles on different types of variable thickness preparation methods and their impact on final performance. The variable thickness preparation method is not only in the field of steel but also in the fields of stainless steel, aluminum alloy, and titanium alloy, which is the future development direction.
Dr. Xianlei Hu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- TRB
- variable thickness rolling
- LP
- transverse variable thickness sheet
- annealing
- hot stamping steel
- Al-Si coating
