MSC SuperForge 2005 MP1

The main objective of this study is twofold: (1) to evaluate a new 3-D metal forming
simulation package by comparing its simulation results with the simulation results of a
validated package for the same process, and (2) to optimize the feeder plate design for an
extrusion die process using 3-D metal forming simulation.
A new metal forming simulation package, MSC.SuperForge, has been recently introduced
commercially. This package uses a finite-volume analysis method, which is fundamentally
different than the finite-element analysis method used by most of the other commercial
metal forming simulation packages.
A primary objective of this study is to evaluate MSC.SuperForge by comparing its
simulation results with the simulation results of DEFORM™-3D, a validated finite-element
based forging simulation package. A 3D extrusion process using a streamlined die design
was selected for the evaluation, since this process produces a relatively complex I-section
extruded shape.
A secondary objective of the study is to investigate shear extrusion dies in 3D extrusion
processes with MSC.SuperForge.
Although streamlined extrusion dies are generally
preferred over sharp corner shear dies for extrusion because streamlined dies produce lower
extrusion loads and more uniform material flow, streamlined extrusion dies are more
difficult to design and more expensive to manufacture than shear dies. Until this current
study, however, few attempts have been made to analyze 3D metal flow in shear die
extrusion processes due to difficulties in simulating the more complex material flow. The
finite-volume technology in MSC.SuperForge overcomes these difficulties and the package
was effectively used to simulate various feeder plate designs for a shear die extrusion
process.
Product:MSC SuperForge 2005 MP1
Lanaguage:english
Platform:Winxp/Win7
Size:623MB