Strain development and microstructure evolution in aluminum tube bending and hydroforming

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 123-131

  Luo, Alan A ^a   Sachdev, Anil K ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (FORMING); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTRUSION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; METAL FORMING; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; QUENCHING; STRAIN RATE; YIELD STRESS;

ALUMINUM TUBE BENDING; HYDROFORMING; MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION; ROTARY DRAW BENDING;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0036439615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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