Deformation characteristic of the precision forging of a blade with a damper platform using 3D FEM analysis

A blade with a damper platform is one of the most important types of blades being developed in aeronautical engines. However, this type of blade is complicated in shape, consisting of four feature parts with different geometrical shapes. Besides obvious flow of material along the transverse direction, there is material flow along the longitudinal body during its forging process. In addition, the material used is difficult to deform. All these have a significant influence on the precision forging process of the blade. Thus, it is necessary to choose some feature sections along the transverse and longitudinal direction of blade and systematically understand the deformation characteristics of blade forging process. In this paper, by means of 3D rigid-viscoplastic FEM simulation of the precision forging process of the blade, the deformed meshes, distributions of some field variables, including velocity, effective strain, effective strain rate and effective stress are presented for the four chosen feature cross-sections and the velocity fields are obtained for a selected typical longitudinal feature section, and further the deformation characteristics of forging this blade have been revealed. This research may serve as a guide to the optimization design of the relevant processes and dies.