Classification and analysis of tube hydroforming processes with respect to adaptive FEM simulations

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 261-267

  Gao, L ^a   Motsch, S ^b   Strano, M ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b Repair Development Engineering (SEB)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive simulation; Loading path; Process classification; Tube hydroforming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROCESS CONTROL;

TUBE HYDROFORMING;

FORMING;

EID: 0037063890     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(02)00615-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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