NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE FIRST COLD ROLLING PASS OF A C-MN STRIP STEEL

This work presents the modeling by the finite element method of the first cold rolling pass of a four-high mill at the CSN steel plant. For this purpose, a two dimensional model is proposed considering the work-roll as a rigid surface together with the assumptions of plane-strain state for the strip and material isotropy with nonlinear isotropic workhardening. A C-Mn steel strip with initial thickness of 3.5 mm was first characterized by means of uniaxial tensile tests in specimens cut along the rolling direction to evaluate the work-hardening parameters. In the finite element model, the contact is defined by means of the Coulomb’s law to describe the friction between the work-roll and the strip surfaces. Moreover, the industrial back and forward tensions are also taken into account as prescribed conditions in the finite element model. The numerical predictions of the rolling load show a good agreement with the measured data and the forecasted value is determined with the slab-method