A finite element modelling for superplastic bulging of titanium alloy tube and pressure path optimization

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 243-245, Issue , 1997, Pages 729-734

  Akkus, Nihat ^a   Manabe, Ken Ichi ^a   Kawahara, Masanori ^a   Nishimura, Hisashi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FEM modelling; Pressure control; Superplasticity; Tube bulging

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTIC FLOW; PRESSURE CONTROL; STRAIN RATE; SUPERPLASTICITY; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CONSTANT PRESSURE; NEARLY CONSTANT APEX STRAIN RATE; TUBE BULGING;

FORMING;

EID: 0030673369     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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