A simplified model of Brazier effect in plastic bending of cylindrical tubes

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-28

  Wierzbicki, Tomasz ^a   Sinmao, Monique V ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (FORMING); CALCULATIONS; DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; STRAIN HARDENING; STRESSES; YIELD STRESS;

BENDING MOMENT; BRAZIER EFFECT; CYLINDRICAL TUBES; OVALIZATION; PLASTIC BENDING;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031122412     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(96)00018-X     Document Type: Article

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