Inside the user profile, materials are assigned for the workpiece (billet) and the boundary faces of the workpiece components. HX-Forge supports the following three constitutive models for metals:
1. | Inverse Sine Hyperbolic model |
2. | Metal Forming Power Law model |
3. | Norton-Hoff model |
The following table contains descriptions of data types for Workpiece material properties:
Variable Name |
Value Type |
Remarks |
ConstitutiveModel |
String in quotes |
"SineHypInv" "PowerLaw" "TemDependentNortonHoff" |
Density |
Real (Constant) |
Density of the fluid |
SpecificHeat |
Real (Constant/Function of Temp.) |
Function can be a TABLE1 or EXPRESSION |
Conductivity |
Real (Constant/Function of Temp.) |
Function can be a TABLE1 or EXPRESSION |
CoeffOfThermalExpansion |
Real (Constant) |
Thermal expansion coefficient |
VolumetircHeatSource |
Real (Constant) |
Value per unit volume |
SolidusTemperature LiqidusTemperature |
Real (Constant) Real (Constant) |
Friction coefficient decreases from its full value at SolidusTemperature to zero at LiqidusTemperature |
Temperature Dependence |
String in quotes |
"None" "Coefficients" "Exp(Q/RT)" "Exp(-Beta(DeltaT))" "Exp(A1T+A2T^2)" |
Amplitude ConstantY |
Real (Constant/Function of Temp.) |
Only for PowerLaw with "Coefficients" for Temperature Dependence |
Other Data |
Real (Constant) |
Data specific to different material models is described in the following sections. |