电液成形是一种典型的高速率成形技术,能显著提高材料成形性能,具有单面模具、工艺柔性高、零件表面质量高等优点,在薄壁难变形零件的精密成形制造方面将起到越来越大的作用。介绍了电液成形工艺的原理与主要特点,综述了电液成形技术、两步电液成形方法的研究进展,分析了电液成形板材的成形性及其影响因素。最后提出了电液成形在成形理论与应用研究方面存在的主要问题,并展望了该技术的发展趋势。
Electrohydraulic forming(EHF) is a typical high speed forming technology that can be used to significantly improve the formability. It has the advantages of single die, high flexibility and high surface quality of parts, etc. Therefore, EHF technology is playing an important role in the field of precision forming of thin wall parts made of high strength sheet metal. In this work, we introduced the principle and main characteristics of EHF technology, summarized the research status of EHF technology and the two-step EHF method, and analyzed the formability sheet metal by EHF process and its influence factors. Finally, the main points in the theory and application research of EHF technology were presented and the development trend was forecast.