Flat Plate Spring Back

[Anonymous]

Hello All,

I am a college student at Clarkson University and I am attempting to make a mold to stamp a flat plate into a wind turbine blade. I have the final blade design and have a mold that matches the profile of the blade. I need to adjust the mold to compensate for spring back. 

I am currently trying to use an event simulation to represent pressing the flat plate on the mold to see how much the spring back effects the part. I am having trouble getting the simulation to run without an error. However, I am attempting to reach out to see if there is a better way to determine spring back within Fusion 360.

Is there anyone who has worked with spring back in Fusion 360 before? If so, is there an easier way to determine spring back in a material using Fusion 360? Would there be a way to adjust the mold so the desired blade shape is the end result?

Any information would be helpful, thank you for your time

Drew Devendorf

Clarkson 2019

Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering

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[fundamental4]

interesting.

One more to follow this topic.

I'm related with similar project.

I haven't found any information.

[shigeaki.k]

Hello @devendd and @ruben.sofe,

Thank you for posting the question. To start with you will need to have a nonlinear material with a hardening rule. You can select a nonlinear metal material in Fusion 360. It should have the nonlinear materials properties including the hardening rule. The following video shows the material being selected, copied to the Favorites, and the advanced material settings shown.

Selecting nonlinear metal material in Fusion 360 Simulation

Regards,

Shigeaki K.

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