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Identification of forming performance parameters for 6016 aluminum alloy sheet under different strain paths via digital image correlation technology
Aluminum alloys, known for their effective weight reduction, are widely used in the automotive industry. However, compared to steel, they exhibit challenges such as lower room-temperature elongation rates, inf...
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Time-dependent springback prediction with stress relaxation effect for non-isothermal hot stam** of titanium alloy sheets
The hot stam** of titanium alloy sheets is a non-isothermal forming process due to the interfacial heat transfer while hot blank is formed and cooled in cold forming tools. Due to the condition of high tempe...
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Experiments and FE simulation of edge cracking considering prehardening after blanking process
Edge cracking is a significant problem in the stam** of advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) and is very sensitive to the local material properties at the sheared edge after the blanking process. Edge cracki...
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Optimum clearance determination in blanking coarse-grained non-oriented electrical steel sheets: experiment and simulation
Blanking process plays a critical role in the deterioration of magnetic properties of coarse-grained non-oriented electrical steel of motors. With the decrease of grain number in the thickness direction, the d...
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Numerical analysis of the roller hemming process
Numerical simulation of the roller hemming process is studied in this approach. Combined hardening is used for steel panel BSUFD roller hemming. Meshes are produced based on the deformation state of the panel....
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Study on experimental approaches of forming limit curve for tube hydroforming
This paper proposes a set of experimental approaches to establish the forming limit curve (FLC) in different forming modes for tube hydroforming. In tension–compression strain state, analytical models are cons...
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Selection of tool materials and surface treatments for improved galling performance in sheet metal forming
Galling is a known failure mechanism in automotive stam**. It results in increased cost of die maintenance and scrap rate of products. In this study, rectangular pan and U-channel stam** experiments are us...
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Study on the crushing and hydroforming processes of tubes in a trapezoid-sectional die
A study on the bulging processes of tubes in a trapezoid-sectional die has been carried out through finite-element (FE) analysis. A FE model of the single-step hydroforming process and several FE models of cru...