Tubular hydroforming of automotive side members with extruded aluminium profiles

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-101

  Asnafi, Nader ^a   Nilsson, Tomas ^b   Lassl, Gunnar ^a  

^a VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^b Brudabäcksvägen ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Automotive; Bending; Extrusion; Hydroforming; Profile; Side member; Tube

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

TUBULAR HYDROFORMING;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 0141532016     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(03)00467-9     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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2. Asnafi N. Analytical modelling of tube hydroforming. Thin Wall. Struct. 34:2000;295-330.
3. Asnafi N., Skogsgårdh A. Theoretical and experimental analysis of stroke-controlled tube hydroforming. Mater. Sci. Eng. A. 279:2000;95-110.