Plastic Deformation Behavior of High-strength Steel Inner-ribbed Cylindrical Components in Driving Roller Spinning

CHEN Kaida; ZHAO Shengdun; SHAO Xushan; LI Fan; ZHU Wenyu; SUN Haoran; HUANG Xiaopeng

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-6457.2026.01.021

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Journal of Netshape Forming Engineering ›› 2026, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (1) : 224-235. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-6457.2026.01.021

Iron and Steel Forming

Plastic Deformation Behavior of High-strength Steel Inner-ribbed Cylindrical Components in Driving Roller Spinning

CHEN Kaida¹, ZHAO Shengdun^1,2,3,*, SHAO Xushan¹, LI Fan¹, ZHU Wenyu¹, SUN Haoran¹, HUANG Xiaopeng²

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The work aims to propose a novel driving roller spinning method for forming thin-walled ultra-high-strength steel cylindrical components with internal ribs to deal with the high production costs, long manufacturing cycles, and relatively low specific strength of ultra-high strength ribbed cylinders and verify the feasibility of this method through numerical simulation and experimental validation. A finite element model of the driving roller spinning plastic deformation process for D406A ultra-high-strength steel with internal ribs was established. An orthogonal experiment was conducted to analyze the effects of key process parameters, including roller feed rate, roller fillet radius, and roller working angle, on the forming accuracy of the internal ribs. A forming experiment was carried out using a spinning machine on a cylindrical component with a diameter of 720 mm to further validate the feasibility of the proposed method. Results indicated that during the driving roller spinning process of internal ribs, the roller working angle had the most significant impact on wall thickness accuracy, followed by the roller fillet radius, while the roller feed rate had the least influence. The optimal process parameters were determined as follows: a roller feed rate of 0.5 mm/r, a roller fillet radius of 8 mm, and a roller working angle of 25°, which yielded high-quality forming results. Through experimental validation, the feasibility of the forming process was confirmed. The combination of finite element simulation and experimental studies successfully identify the key process parameters influencing the quality of driving roller spinning for internal ribs and determine the optimal parameter set, thereby verifying the feasibility of this novel forming technique.

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high-strength steel / inner-ribbed cylinder / driving roller spinning / plastic deformation / numerical simulation

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CHEN Kaida, ZHAO Shengdun, SHAO Xushan, LI Fan, ZHU Wenyu, SUN Haoran, HUANG Xiaopeng. Plastic Deformation Behavior of High-strength Steel Inner-ribbed Cylindrical Components in Driving Roller Spinning[J]. Journal of Netshape Forming Engineering. 2026, 18(1): 224-235 https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1674-6457.2026.01.021

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Funding

Joint Key Support Programme of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Aerospace Group (U1937203); National Natural Science Foundation of China General Programme (52275373); Open Project of the State Key Laboratory of Metal Forming Technology and Heavy Equipment (B2408100.W02)