Free expansion bulge testing of tubes for automotive hydroform applications

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Chen, Kuo Kuang ^a   Soldaat, Ronald J ^b   Moses, Robert M ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Dofasco Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; METAL FORMING;

CYLINDRICAL TUBES; DEFORMATION PATH; EXPANSION TUBES; FORMING LIMIT DIAGRAMS; STRAIGHT TUBES; STRAIN CRITERION; TUBE HYDROFORMING;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 85072433080     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2004-01-0832     Document Type: Conference Paper

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