Influence of end-conditions during tube hydroforming of aluminum extrusions

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1195-1212

  Imaninejad, Mehdi ^a   Subhash, Ghatu ^a   Loukus, Adam ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloys; Extrusion welds; Finite element analysis; Forming limit diagrams; Tube hydroforming

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PINCH EFFECT; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WELDS;

ALUMINUM EXTRUSIONS; EXTRUSION WELDS; FORMING LIMIT DIAGRAMS; TUBE HYDROFORMING;

METAL EXTRUSION;

EID: 4944265642     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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