Tube hydroforming process: A reference guide

A Alaswad, KY Benyounis, AG Olabi - Materials & Design, 2012 - Elsevier
Tube hydroforming is one of the most popular unconventional metal forming processes
which is widely used to form various tubular components. By this process, tubes are formed …

Hydroforming highlights: sheet hydroforming and tube hydroforming

LH Lang, ZR Wang, DC Kang, SJ Yuan… - Journal of materials …, 2004 - Elsevier
At the present time, hydroforming technology is used widely for forming lightweight or
complicated components in the automotive industry and aerospace industry, etc. Recent …

Microscopic analysis on dimensional capability of fused filament fabrication three-dimensional printing process

A Al Rashid, S Abdul Qadir… - Journal of Elastomers & …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) has been the most widely used three-dimensional printing
(3DP) technology due to its cost-effectiveness, easy application, and material readiness …

Numerical product design: Springback prediction, compensation and optimization

T Meinders, IA Burchitz, MHA Bonte… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Numerical simulations are being deployed widely for product design. However, the accuracy
of the numerical tools is not yet always sufficiently accurate and reliable. This article focuses …

On the characteristics of tubular materials for hydroforming—experimentation and analysis

M Koç, T Altan - International Journal of Machine Tools and …, 2001 - Elsevier
Increasing acceptance and use of hydroforming technology within the automotive industry
demands a comprehensive understanding of related issues such as material characteristics …

Generalized probabilistic response surfaces for the buckling strength assessment of stiffened panels

KN Anyfantis, S Pantazopoulou, N Papanikolaou - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The ultimate compressive strength of stiffened panels has been well studied and a variety of
simplified buckling formulas are available. However, there is a significant degree of …

An optimisation strategy for industrial metal forming processes: Modelling, screening and solving of optimisation problems in metal forming

MHA Bonte, AH van den Boogaard… - Structural and …, 2008 - Springer
Product improvement and cost reduction have always been important goals in the metal
forming industry. The rise of finite element (FEM) simulations for processes has contributed …

Integration of finite element analysis and design of experiments to analyse the geometrical factors in bi-layered tube hydroforming

A Alaswad, AG Olabi, KY Benyounis - Materials & Design, 2011 - Elsevier
Tube hydroforming (THF) is a type of unconventional metal forming process in which high
fluid pressure and axial feed are used to deform a tube blank in the desired shape. Bi …

The determination of flow stress of tubular material for hydroforming applications

P Bortot, E Ceretti, C Giardini - Journal of materials processing technology, 2008 - Elsevier
Tube hydroforming (THF) process is nowadays a developed and successful way for forming
of complex shapes with less operations required compared to conventional tube forming …

Evaluating the influence of geometric distortions to the buckling capacity of stiffened panels

KN Anyfantis - Thin-Walled Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
This study presents an effort to clarify the effects of initial geometric distortions to the
buckling capacity of stiffened panels through numerical experimentation. Four types of …