To produce highly functional tubular parts with locally different properties, tailor welded
tubes (TWTs), which are made by tube-to-tube welding of tubes having different thicknesses …

This study aims to investigate the feasibility of hydroforming (HF) technology coupled with
response surface optimization for producing high-quality five-branched AISI 304 stainless …

This paper deals with an inverse approach strategy to determine the constitutive parameters
of tubular materials made of low carbon steel S235 and aluminum alloy AA6063-O. For this …

A complete analytical model combined with a very simple experimental procedure is
proposed. It permits the post-processing of experimental measures to obtain the stress …

The present work focuses upon the use of tube hydroforming into square cross sectional-die
as validation test for new constitutive parameter identification strategy. It presents how a …

Hydro-bulging test is an advanced method for characterizing the mechanical properties of
tubular materials under bi-axial stress state, by measuring the bulging height, pole thickness …

This paper aims to identify the constitutive parameters of anisotropic tubular materials and to
verify the accuracy of models׳ prediction. The identification of the constitutive parameters is …

Hydro-bulging test is a specialized method to obtain the mechanical properties of tubular
materials, which is very important for the cases when tubular blank is formed under bi-axial …

Hydroforming is a metal forming technology that enables the fabrication of complex parts in
a low cycle time. The process is based on the plastic deformation of a blank sheet using a …

In order to obtain accurate tube hydroforming (THF) simulation results, one of the important
inputs in the finite element model (FEM) of the process is the mechanical response of the …