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	Title:	Numerical simulation of slab edging process by the Reproducing Kernel Particle Method considering friction effect
	Author:	Shangwu Xiong, Zhengyi Jiang, Haibo Xie, Xianghua Liu
	Address:	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. ' School of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia. ' School of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia. ' State Key Laboratory of Rolling and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110004, PR China
	Journal:	International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering 2009 - Vol. 3, No.5/6  pp. 482 - 489
	Abstract:	A mesh-free approach is used for analysing the effect of the friction factor on three-dimensional steady state slab edging, which is based on the Reproducing Kernel Particle Method (RKPM, Liu et al., 1995) and the material flow formulation for slightly compressible materials (Osakada et al., 1982). In order to cope with the singularity at the corner of the roll entry, a simple technique with a very thin array of cells at the inlet region adjacent to the plastic deformation zone (Xiong et al., 2003) is used. The results show that the dog-bone shape becomes smaller with the increment of friction factor. The roll separating force and total rolling torque increase with the friction factor.
	Keywords:	RKPM; reproducing kernel particle method; steady-state slab edging; friction; material flow; singularities; plastic deformation; force; rolling torque; numerical simulation; continuous slab casting; hot rolling.
	DOI:	10.1504/IJSURFSE.2009.029143
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