Mechanical Properties and Friction of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy and Application to the Cylidrical Deep Drawing Process

The mechanical properties such as stress-strain curves and anisotropic parameters at different elevated temperatures are obtained by the computerized screw universal testing machine. The friction testing machine is used to determine the friction coefficient between die and AZ31 sheets at different elevated temperatures. The finite element method is used to investigate the earing of the deep drawing process. In order to verify the prediction of FEM simulation of the earing in the cylindrical cup drawing process, the experimental parameters such as stress-strain curves, anisotropic parameters, fiction coefficient and blank holder force, are as the input data during analysis. The experimental cup height compared with the current simulation result of cylindrical deep drawing process at different elevated temperature.