Hydroforming of aluminum extrusion tubes for automotive applications. Part I: Buckling, wrinkling and bursting analyses of aluminum tubes

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 263-283

  Chu, E ^a   Xu, Yu ^a  

^a ALCOA TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum tubes; Buckling; Bursting; Elastoplastic bifurcation analysis; Tube hydroforming; Wrinkling

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ALUMINUM TUBES; BURSTING; TUBE HYDROFORMING; WRINKLING;

EXTRUSION;

EID: 2942534519     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2004.02.014     Document Type: Article

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