Improvement in formability of tailor welded blanks by application of counter pressure in biaxial stretch forming

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 70-79

  Panda, Sushanta Kumar ^a   Kumar, D Ravi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Hydro mechanical stretch forming; Limiting dome height; Strain distribution; Tailor welded blanks; Weld line movement

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; FORMABILITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

HYDRO-MECHANICAL STRETCH FORMING; TAILOR WELDED BLANKS; WELD LINE MOVEMENT;

WELDS;

EID: 44649134836     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.10.076     Document Type: Article

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