ABSTRACT
TheMASrollingprocessiscomprisedoftwotypesthatareknownassizingMASandbroadsideMAS. Bothmethodsinvolvethecalculationofthepredictedplanviewpattern[19).
InthesizingMASmethod,theamountofinferiorpatternsisconvertedtotheplatethicknessdifferenceatthefinalpassinsizingrolling.Dependingontherelationshipbetweenthebroadsideandlongitudinalelongations,ataperedthicknessprofile(Fig.17.19)oradogbone(Fig.17.20)willbeproduced duringthesizingrolling.Theamountofplatethicknessmodificationatdistancexfromthetailorhead endoftheslabinthelongitudinaldirectiont:.h(x)canbeobtainedfromthefollowingequation:
t:.h(x)hT(X)- w
where T(X)sidecropsatdistanceXinlongitudinaldirectionaftercompletionofrolling
hfinalplatethickness w=finalplatewidth.
