Experimentation and numerical simulation of the manufacture of an ellipsoidal workpiece by multi-point sandwich forming

IET Conference Publications

Volumn , Issue 524, 2006, Pages 39-43

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Wang, Zhongren ^a   Dean, T A ^a,b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ellipsoid; Interpolator; Multi point sandwich forming; Sheet forming; Springback

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORMING; POLYURETHANES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ELLIPSOIDAL WORKPIECE; INTERPOLATOR; MULTI POINT SANDWICH FORMING; SHEET FORMING; SPRINGBACK;

SHEET METAL;

EID: 34250651339     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp:20060725     Document Type: Conference Paper

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