On bend-stretch forming of aluminum extruded tubes - I: Experiments

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1283-1317

  Miller, J E ^a   Kyriakides, S ^a   Bastard, A H ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTOPLASTICITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ALUMINUM TUBES; BEND STRETCH FORMING; PRESTRETCHING;

METAL EXTRUSION;

EID: 0035342822     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7403(00)00039-4     Document Type: Article

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