Process fusion: Tube hydroforming and crushing in a square die

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-174

  Hwang, Y M ^a   Altan, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expansion; Finite element analysis; Process fusion; Tube hydroforming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIES; EXPANSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASTIC FLOW; PRESSURIZATION;

LOADING PASS; PROCESS FUSION; SQUARE DIE; TUBE HYDROFORMING;

CRUSHING;

EID: 17444397634     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: 09544054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440504322886497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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