Optimal extrusion die design to achieve flow balance

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1047-1064

  Ulysse, Patrick ^a  

^a ALCOA TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; EXTRUSION DIES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN;

PARALLEL BALANCED FLOWS; PLANE STRAIN TWO-HOLE EXTRUSION DIES;

METAL EXTRUSION;

EID: 0033157047     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6955(98)00082-0     Document Type: Article

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