Advanced experimental and numerical methods for the analysis of the dynamic forming press behavior

Numerical simulations are used to estimate the dynamic behavior of new concepts of forming presses as well as to improve the dynamic properties of existing machines. These simulations are to be parametrized with appropriate values in order to yield most accurate results. In many cases neither the way of building up the simulation model for the specific problem nor an appropriate method for gathering the needed date are given in advance. Regarding these facts this paper intends both to characterize the way of building up complex simulation models by using basic simulation modules and to describe methods for the identification of the needed parameters that work even under conditions that hitherto made parameter identifications impossible or at least very time-consuming. In this context recent developments in simulating press dynamics will also be characterized as new modal analysis methods that are not yet established in the field of forming technique.