Experimental and theoretical analysis on formability of aluminum tailor-welded blanks

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-158

  Jie, M ^a   Cheng, C H ^b   Chan, L C ^b   Chow, C L ^a   Tang, C Y ^b  

^a University of Michigan Dearborn   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Forming limits; Localized necking criterion; Tailor welded blanks

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; WELDING;

FORMING LIMITS; LOCALIZED NECKING CRITERION; TAILOR WELDED BLANKS(TWB);

METAL FORMING;

EID: 34248178245     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2400274     Document Type: Article

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