Twist Springback Measurement of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Propeller Blade Based on Profile Deviation
- 1 School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia
- 2 Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Abstract
Geometrical defects that are attributable to springback are among the major defects induced by the sheet metal forming process. Such defects are critical for sections with varying thickness, such as Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) propeller blades. In this study, the springback in the twist-bending of an AA6061 propeller blade was quantified by comparing the targeted and manufactured profiles obtained using the commercial three-dimensional surface measurement technique. The results show that the twist springback becomes larger as the twist angle increases. Similarly, the twist springback increases with increasing deformation ratio.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2013.515.524
Copyright: © 2013 Ahmad Baharuddin Abdullah, Mohd Sapuan Salit, Zahurin Samad, Khaleed Hussain MTandoor and Nuraini Abdul Aziz. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Keywords
- Twist Springback
- Propeller Blade
- Cold Forging
- Profile Deviation