A comparative study of stamping and hydroforming processes for an automobile fuel tank using FEM

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-94

  Kang, Beom Soo ^a   Son, Bo Mi ^a   Kim, Jeong ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Automobile fuel tank; FEM; Hydroforming; Stamping

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE FUEL TANKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

HYDROFORMING;

STAMPING;

EID: 0142216136     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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