Hydroforming of aluminum extrusion tubes for automotive applications. Part II: Process window diagram

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-297

  Chu, E ^a   Xu, Yu ^a  

^a ALCOA TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum tubes; Buckling; Bursting; Forming limits; Process Window Diagram (PWD); Tube hydroforming; Wrinkling

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

ALUMINUM EXTRUSION; ALUMINUM TUBES; FORMING LIMITS; PROCESS WINDOW DIAGRAM (PWD); TUBE HYDROFORMING;

METAL EXTRUSION;

EID: 2942622406     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2004.02.013     Document Type: Article

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