Prediction of necking of high strength steel tubes during hydroforming - Multi-axial loading

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1411-1422

  Sorine, Mikhail ^a   Simha, C Hari Manoj ^a   Van Riemsdijk, Isadora ^b   Worswick, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b DOFASCO INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Forming; Hydroforming; Stress based formability

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SHEET; CURVE FITTING; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; FORMABILITY; FORMING; HIGH STRENGTH ALLOYS; HIGH-STRENGTH LOW-ALLOY STEEL; METAL FORMING; STRESS ANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

AXIAL COMPRESSIVE LOAD; ENGINEERING MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT COMPUTATIONS; HIGH STRENGTH LOW ALLOYS; HYDROFORMING; INTERNAL FLUID PRESSURE; MULTI-AXIAL LOADINGS; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS;

HIGH STRENGTH STEEL;

EID: 55349108850     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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