Finite element analysis of the superplastic forming of thick sheet using the incremental flow formulation

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3205-3228

  Bonet, J ^a   Bhargava, P ^a   Wood, R D ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Average deformation gradient element; Finite elements; Incremental flow formulation; Superplasticity; Thick sheet forming

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METAL FORMING; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SUPERPLASTICITY;

INCREMENTAL FLOW FORMULATION; SUPERPLASTIC FORMING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031238157     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19970915)40:17<3205::AID-NME208>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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