<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Mechanical cutting allows separating of sheet material at low cost and therefore remains the most popular way to produce laminations for electrical machines and transformers. However, recent investigations revealed the deteriorating effect of cutting on the magnetic properties of the material close to the cut edge. The deformations generate elastic stresses in zones adjacent to the area of plastically deformed and strongly affect the magnetic properties. The knowledge about residual stresses is necessary in designing the process. This paper presents the new apprach of modeling residual stresses induced in shear slitting of grain oriented electrical steel using mesh-free method. The applications of SPH (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics) methodology to the simulation and analysis of 3D shear slitting process is presented. In experimental studies, an advanced vision-based technology based on digital image correlation (DIC) for monitoring the cutting process is used.</p></abstract>

Mechanical cutting allows separating of sheet material at low cost and therefore remains the most popular way to produce laminations for electrical machines and transformers. However, recent investigations revealed the deteriorating effect of cutting on the magnetic properties of the material close to the cut edge. The deformations generate elastic stresses in zones adjacent to the area of plastically deformed and strongly affect the magnetic properties. The knowledge about residual stresses is necessary in designing the process. This paper presents the new apprach of modeling residual stresses induced in shear slitting of grain oriented electrical steel using mesh-free method. The applications of SPH (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics) methodology to the simulation and analysis of 3D shear slitting process is presented. In experimental studies, an advanced vision-based technology based on digital image correlation (DIC) for monitoring the cutting process is used.

Numerical Simulation of Shear Slitting Process of Grain Oriented Silicon Steel using SPH Method

Acta Mechanica et Automatica

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Mechanical cutting allows separating of sheet material at low cost and therefore remains the most popular way to produce laminations for electrical machines...

Numerical Simulation of Shear Slitting Process of Grain Oriented Silicon Steel using SPH Method

Published Online: Dec 30, 2017

Page range: 333 - 338

Received: Apr 05, 2017

Accepted: Dec 12, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ama-2017-0052

Keywords
Shear Slitting, Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, Grain Oriented Silicon Steel, Digital Image Correlation

© 2017 Łukasz Bohdal et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Numerical Simulation of Shear Slitting Process of Grain Oriented Silicon Steel using SPH Method

Published Online: Dec 30, 2017

Page range: 333 - 338

Received: Apr 05, 2017

Accepted: Dec 12, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ama-2017-0052

KeywordsShear Slitting, Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, Grain Oriented Silicon Steel, Digital Image Correlation

© 2017 Łukasz Bohdal et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Shear Slitting, Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, Grain Oriented Silicon Steel, Digital Image Correlation