Forming characteristics of thin-walled tube bending process with small bending radius

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Li, Heng ^a   Yang, He ^a   Zhan, Mei ^a   Gu, Rui Jie ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ABAQUS Explicit; Forming characteristics; Small bending radius; Tube bending

Indexed keywords

BENDING (FORMING); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASTIC DEFORMATION;

SMALL BENDING RADIUS; THIN-WALLED TUBE;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 33746861981     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(06)60266-5     Document Type: Article

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