Analytical modeling of wall thinning during corner filling in structural tube hydroforming

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 7-14

  Orban, Hatem ^a   Hu, S Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corner filling; Friction coefficient; Thickness variation; Tube hydroforming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; HYDROFORMYLATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESSES;

CORNER FILLING; FRICTION COEFFICIENT; THICKNESS VARIATION; TUBE HYDROFORMING;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CIRCULAR TUBES; HYDROFORMED TUBES; INTERNAL PRESSURE;

EID: 34548561539     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.03.112     Document Type: Article

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