CALIBRATION OF CHABOCHE KINEMATIC HARDENING MODEL PARAMETERS BY OPTIMISATION

Drag links are used in the automotive industry mostly, and during painting, their ends are protected against paint by two types of cap productions. While one is machined, the other is cold formed. In this study, a finite element simulation for the deformation process of a drag link’s cap made from St52 alloy is performed. For the plasticity model, Chaboche’s nonlinear kinematic hardening rule is used with the associated flow rule and Von Mises yield criterion. Chaboche’s parameters are determined by low cycle fatigue test by applying curve fitting methods to one hysteresis loop. Furthermore, the Chaboche model parameters are calibrated by the optimization process. The final diameters of the cap measurements are compared with those obtained from the optimized model. Therefore, a comprehensive methodology is presented for the determination and calibration of Chaboche kinematic hardening model parameters. Chaboches calibrated parameters are YS=370,73 MPa, C=3513,5 MPa, and =47,958 while their initial values are YS=360 MPa, C=3500 MPa, and =90.