Simulation based expert system to predict the deep drawing behaviour of tailor welded blanks

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 164-172

  Dhumal, Abhishek T ^a   Narayanan, R Ganesh ^a   Kumar, G Saravana ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Expert system; Forming; Modelling; Neural network; Tailor welded blanks; TWB

Indexed keywords

DEEP DRAWING; DRAWING (FORMING); ELASTOPLASTICITY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; FORMING; FUZZY NEURAL NETWORKS; LASER BEAM WELDING; MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; WELDS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELS; ELASTIC-PLASTIC FINITE ELEMENT; PREDICTION ERRORS; SHEET THICKNESS; SIMULATION-BASED EXPERT SYSTEMS; SQUARE CUP DEEP DRAWING; TAILOR-WELDED BLANK; TAILOR-WELDED BLANKS;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 84858266690     PISSN: 17466172     EISSN: 17466180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMIC.2012.045689     Document Type: Article

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