Inverse error propagation and model identification for coupled dynamic problems with application to electromagnetic metal forming

The purpose of this work is the development and application of strategies to identify material model parameters for metals at high strain-rates using data obtained from high-speed electromagnetic metal forming. To this end, a staggered algorithm for the finite-element-based numerical solution of the coupled electromagnetic-mechanical boundary-value problem has been developed based on mixed Eulerian–Lagrangian multigrid methods. On this basis, the parameter determination together with a sensitivity analysis and error estimation are carried out. After verifying the validity of this approach using synthetic data sets, it is applied to the identification of material parameters using experimental results from electromagnetic tube forming.