Process Design, Analysis and Simulation for Aluminum Extrusion Technology

Abstract

The aluminum extrusion process is briefly described and the role of process simulation discussed. Two systems for simulation based design (SBD) for three-dimensional aluminum extrusion process modeling are described. The first SBD system was developed using a LISP-based software framework. The second SBD system for aluminum extrusion process modeling was developed using Java and the Virtual Reality Modeling Language, and has a web browser-based user interface and is fully distributed. In both systems, geometric models and finite element meshes are automatically constructed for profiles of varying shape. The finite element solution for a T-section extrudate is presented. Some of the remaining issues, which need to be resolved before the developed technologies can be applied to industrial applications are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 10, 1999
Accession Number
ADA367435

Entities

People

  • Charles A. Taylor
  • Thomas J. Hughes

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Elements
  • Engineering
  • Extrusion
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Java Programming Language
  • Language
  • Lisp Programming Language
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • User Interface
  • Web Browsers

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Metallurgy