Formability enhancement for tailor-welded blanks using blank holding force control

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 461-467

  He, Sijun ^a   Wu, Xin ^b   Hu, S Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORCE CONTROL; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRAIN; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

TAILOR-WELDED BLANKS;

WELDS;

EID: 0041733421     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1580853     Document Type: Article

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