Latest Hydroforming Technology of Metallic Tubes and Sheets

• Other Authors: Manabe, Ken-ichi (Editor), Hwang, Yeong-Maw (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; tube hydroforming; small-diameter tube; magnesium alloy; warm working; deformation characteristics; forming defects; forming limit; bellows forming; vision-based sensor; fuzzy control; semi-dieless forming; local heating; metal spinning; tube forming; incremental forming; numerical control; hydroforming; overlapping blank; variable-diameter part; thickness; ultra-thin walled tube; tube bending; laminated mandrel; rotary draw bending; Finite Element Analysis (FEA); deformation property; lightweight structure; bending; formability; numerical methods; processing technology; crash safety; hot bending; partial-quench; FEM; strip friction test; friction coefficient; surface roughness; sliding speed; contact pressure; movable die; loading path; finite element simulation; irregular bellows; metal tube; planetary ball dies; diameter reduction process; forming limits; biaxial stretching; forming limit measurement; experimental design; strain rate sensitivity; elevated temperatures; pneumatic forming; drawing; flaring; tube expansion; plug drawing; thickness reduction; hydro-flanging; punch head shape; finite element analysis; alumimum alloy; tube bulging test; formability test; biaxial strain; local rubber bulging; cutout shape; slit length; two-layer tube; rigid plasticity; arbitrary yield criterion; arbitrary hardening law; analytic solution; magnesium alloy tube; warm hydroforming; non-uniform temperature field; protrusion type forming; wall thickness distribution; coupled thermal-structural analysis; optimization; n/a
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This Special Issue and Book, 'Latest Hydroforming Technology of Metallic Tubes and Sheets', includes 16 papers, which cover the state of the art of forming technologies in the relevant topics in the field. The technologies and methodologies presented in these papers will be very helpful fo...