Avoiding wrinkling defects is extremely difficult in the sheet metal forming of ultra-thin
components made from high-strength aluminum alloys. A novel cryogenic forming is thus …

The pressurized capsule structure provides the pressure environment for astronauts or
payloads in space, which is thus considered as the most crucial structural component for …

Multi-roller flow forming has the characteristics of multi-directional loading, which can
improve the quality and accuracy of spun products. Roller number and parameter …

Flow forming is an advanced technology for manufacturing integrally thin-walled cylinders
with orthometric stiffeners (longitudinal stiffeners (LSs) and transverse stiffeners (TSs)), and …

Recent advances in large-scale flow forming of integrally stiffened cylinders (ISCs) have
motivated evaluation of available technologies for rapid manufacturing of metallic fuselages …

Over the past decade, NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) has championed integrally
stiffened cylinder (ISC) technology for single-piece, cryogenic tank barrels on launch …