FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF

SPRINGBACK EFFECT ON
PERFORATED SHEET METAL
GUIDE:
Prof. G.Venkatachalam
TEAM MEMBERS:
Ashish Devarth (08BME037)
Bhupendra Singh (08BME055)
Ravi Shekhar (08BME181)

Introduction
The elastic strain recovery in the formed part after deformation is called
springback effect.
Springback is the increase in included angle of the formed part relative
to the included angle of the forming tool after the tool is removed.
With the knowledge of springback, tool dimensions, die design, force
and punch motion can be modified to produce the products with
required dimensions.
Perforated sheet metal is made through sheet metal stamping and sheet
metal manufacturing process.

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Springback Effect in Bending

Manufacturing processes by S. Kalpakjian and S. Schmid

i: bend angle before springback

f: bend angle after springback
Ri: bend radius before springback
Rf: bend radius after springback

Literature Review

Cho et.al studied the effect of punch corner radius, the punch-die
clearance and friction coefficient on Springback effect.
Chan studied spring-back angles of the work piece by varying the punch
angle, punch radius and die-lip radius.
Panthi et.al studied the effect of material properties (yield stress, Youngs
modulus, strain hardening) and geometric parameters (thickness of sheet,
die radius, sector angle) on springback effect at minimal load condition.
Lia et.al studied the materials hardening model and its affect on the
accuracy of springback calculation.
Chakrabartty et.al studied the elastic/plastic analysis of the sheet bending
process under conditions of plane strain.

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Romen et. al studied that the spring back's increasing classical trends are
related to radius decrease, yielding stress increase, bending radius increase
and Youngs modulus decrease.
Tan et.al studied that due to the non-homogeneous plastic deformation
across thickness, springback will result in redistribution of internal stress
and residual stress can be observed in a bent specimen.
On the basis of Literature Survey following observations were drawn:
Parameter

Value

Springback

Yield Strength of Material

Increase

Increase

Thickness of Sheet Metal

Decrease

Increase

Modulus of Elasticity

Decrease

Increase

Punch Die Clearance

Increase

Increase

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Parameters

Value

Springback

Friction Coefficient

Increase

Increase

Punch Velocity

Decrease

Increase

Force Applied

Decrease

Increase

Bend Radius

Increase

Increase

Punch Radius

Decrease

Increase

Punch angle

Decrease

Increase

Valley Springback angle

Decrease

Increase

Area of Plastic Deformation

Decrease

Increase

Problem Statement
Springback effect is a major cause of concern for sheet metal forming
industries which leads to inaccuracies in the final product produced and
eventually leads to problems in assembly.
From literature review it is clear that springback effect in case of
perforated sheet metal has not been studied . The problem being taken
for the project is to study the effect of springback phenomenon on
perforated sheet metal.
The study accounts for various controlling parameters for perforation of
sheet metal .

Methodology

Design of Perforated Sheet Metal

The various controlling parameters on which the design of

perforated sheet metal depends are:

Percentage of open area

Ligament ratio
Size of the hole
Shape of the hole
Pattern of hole arrangement
Area of sheet
Thickness of sheet
Material of sheet

Circular holes arranged in Square Pattern

Design of Bending Process

Punch

Assembly
Die

Material Chosen

The material chosen for Punch and Die is Cast Iron having Youngs
modulus 210 Gpa and Poissons Ratio 0.25.
The material chosen for perforated sheet metal is commercial pure
aluminium having Youngs modulus 70 Gpa and Poissons Ratio
0.33.
Plastic properties of commercial pure aluminium are :

Meshing
Element type : Solid45
Meshing type : Mapped meshing
Element size : For sheet metal 0.75 mm and for punch and die 10
mm.

Contact Pair

Surface-to-Surface contact: CONTA174

Node-to-Surface contact: CONTA175
Target Element: TARGET 170

Surface-to-surface contact

Node-to-surface contact

Boundary Condition
Die : Constrained in all DOF
Punch: Constrained in X and Z direction
Perforated Sheet: Constrained in X and Z direction

Simulation
X - Component

Von mise Stress

Y - Component

Von mises Strain

After Bending

After Unloading

Results and Discussion

Springback Vs Open Area (Circular Hole)

Springback Vs Open Area ( Square Hole)

Springback Vs Load ( Circular Hole)

Springback Vs Load ( Square Hole )

Springback Vs Ligament Ratio ( Circular Hole)

Springback Vs Ligament Ratio ( Square Hole)

Springback Vs Load ( Circular Hole )

Springback Vs Load ( Square Hole)

Springback Vs Hole Size ( Circular Hole )

Springback Vs Hole Size ( Square Hole )

Springback Vs Load ( Circular Hole )

Springback Vs Load ( Square Hole )

Springback Vs Thickness

Springback Vs Load

Springback Vs Shape

Springback Vs Pattern

Conclusion
The springback effect was studied on perforated sheet metal and the
following conclusions were drawn:
The value of springback effect increases with increase in the percentage
of open area for circular hole as well as square hole when the hole size,
ligament ratio and thickness of sheet metal were taken as constant. Sheet
metal with square hole showed greater springback than those with circular
hole because strength of square hole is less than strength of circular hole.
The value of springback effect decreases with the increase of load on the
perforated sheet metal. This holds good for both the square and circular
hole.
The value of springback effect decreases with increase in hole size for
both circular as well as square holes when open area, ligament ratio and
thickness of sheet metal is kept constant. The values are higher for square
holes.

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During bending process when the ligament ratio between the holes is
increased the value of springback also gets increased while keeping the
other controlling parameter constant.
When the thickness of perforated sheet metal increases for circular hole
arranged in square pattern then the value of springback value gradually
decreases.
The value of springback in square hole arranged in square pattern was
found to be more than the value of circular hole arranged in square pattern.
This is because the strength of square hole is less than that of a circular
hole.
The value of springback for circular hole arranged in triangular pattern
was found to be less than that of circular hole arranged in square pattern
because the strength of triangular pattern is more than that of square
pattern.

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