A sensitivity analysis for the optimal design of metal-forming processes (Q2564531)

A sensitivity analysis for large deformation hyperelastic viscoplastic solids is presented that is consistent with the kinematic analysis and the constitutive integration scheme used in the updated Lagrangian method for solving the direct deformation problem. The method is developed with the problem of die design in metal-forming processes in mind. As such, special attention is given to the modeling of the complex boundary conditions that result in the die-workpiece interface. The effectiveness of the method is demonstrated by solving an extrusion axially symmetric die design problem. In particular, an extrusion die is designed such that the material state in the final product has the least possible standard deviation.