Fibre metal laminates, hybrid composite materials built up from interlaced layers of thin metals and fibre reinforced adhesives, are future-proof used in the production passenger aircraft, yachts, sailplanes, racing cars, sports equipment. The most commercially available fibre–metal laminates carbon aluminium aramid glass laminates. This review emphasises developing technologies for forming met...

This paper is to determine the flow stress curve of 5049-O aluminium alloy by a tube hydraulic bulging test with fixed end-conditions. During this test, several tubular specimens are bulged under different internal pressures before their bursting, and corresponding height wall thickness at pole measured. An inverse strategy developed constitutive parameters materials based on experimental data,...

Abstract Hydroformed parts are widely used in industrial automotive because of their higher stiffness and fatigue strength reduced weight relative to corresponding cast welded parts. This paper reports a hydraulic-forming experimental platform for rectangular tube fittings that was constructed conduct an experiment on the hydraulic forming fittings. A finite element model established basis flui...