Single-roll angular-rolling: A new continuous severe plastic deformation process for metal sheets

Abstract

In this paper, a new continuous severe plastic deformation (SPD) process for metal sheets called single-roll angular-rolling (SRAR) is introduced. The SRAR process achieves maximized deformation homogeneity of metal sheets by combining circumferential shear deformation with channel-angular shear deformation. The grain refinement and mechanical properties were investigated experimentally in relation to the number of repetitive SRAR passes. The finite element method was used to demonstrate that the SRAR process provides highly uniform SPD by strengthening the less deformed region that inevitably occurs near the lower part of the workpiece during the channel-angular deformation processes. (C) 2017 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.