Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7216195 | Comptes Rendus Mécanique | 2016 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
The Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) formalism is a breakthrough technique in the numerical simulation of the continuous-type roll-forming process. In contrast to the classical Lagrangian approach, the ALE formalism can compute the hopefully stationary state for the entire mill length with definitely effortless set-up tasks thanks to a nearly-stationary mesh. In this paper, advantages of ALE and Lagrangian formalisms are extensively discussed for simulating such continuous-type processes. Through a highly complex industrial application, the ease of use of ALE modelling is illustrated with the in-house code METAFOR. ALE and Lagrangian results are in good agreement with each other.
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Authors
Yanick Crutzen, Romain Boman, Luc Papeleux, Jean-Philippe Ponthot,