Hydroforming process is largely used for the production of tubular parts in various industries, and has advantages such as less weight, higher quality, more strength and fewer production cost compared to the conventional methods of production. The aim of this study is forming a tube-shaped part with a special geometry that has both bulge- and T-zones with tube hydroforming process. The forming ...

forming limit curve (flc) is an important tool for evaluation of formability of sheet metals subjected to different loading. free bulge of aluminume tubes has been investigated numerically to obtain flc. to verify the numerical results one experimental setup has been manufactured which has the ability of controlling the internal pressure and axial feed. in this study, time and zone of bursting ...

the aim of this paper is to develop a systematic method to analyze the effects of forming parameters on the quality of part formability and determine the optimal combination of the forming parameters for the sheet hydroforming process. in this paper, the effects of four important process parameters namely fluid pressure, friction coefficient at blank/punch interface, gap between die rim block a...

The widely adopted the high strength steel tube is an important way to solve lightweight body and collision safety. traditional pressure hydroforming hot gas forming through “expansion” deformation form hollow parts, internal driving force. There are some industrial difficulties such as heavy dependence on pressure, wall thickness thinning low production efficiency, which limits application of ...

The main objective of the present paper is to provide a simple analytical solution for describing expansion two-layer tube under plane-strain conditions its subsequent use in preliminary design hydroforming processes. Each layer’s constitutive equations are an arbitrary pressure-independent yield criterion, associated plastic flow rule, and hardening law. elastic portion strain neglected. metho...

High-pressure tube hydroforming is a promising method to deform the tubes in various shapes by bulging applying high internal pressure. However, challenges lie process itself, i.e., requires an expensive pump system and brings excessive thinning deformed part section. One option reduce required pressure solve these difficulties, other provide axial feed deformation zone thinning. due higher loa...

forming limit curve (flc) is an important tool for evaluation of formability of sheet metals subjected to different loading. free bulge of aluminume tubes has been investigated numerically to obtain flc. to verify the numerical results one experimental setup has been manufactured which has the ability of controlling the internal pressure and axial feed. in this study, time and zone of bursting ...

In this study, a numerical/experimental analysis is proposed to investigate the possibility of reshaping sheet metal-based End-of-Life (EoL) components using Hydroforming (SHF). Returned EoL are challenging be reformed, they usually characterised by high heterogeneity as there localised thinning areas (caused original forming processes), and overall formability reduced with respect flat materia...