Sheet metal forming is a process of shaping thin sheets of metal by applying pressure through male or female dies or both. In most of used sheet‐formating processes the metal is subjected to primarily tensile or compressive stresses or both. During the last three decades considerable advances have been made in the applications of numerical techniques, especially the finite element methods, to analyze physical phenomena in the field of structural, solid and fluid mechanics as well as to simulate various processes in engineering. These methods are useful because one can use them to find out facts or study the processes in a way that no other tool can accomplish. Finite element methods applied to sheet metal forming are the subjects of this paper. The reason for writing this bibliography is to save time for readers looking for information dealing with sheet metal forming, not having an access to large databases or willingness to spend own time with uncertain information retrieval. This paper is organized into two parts. In the first one, each topic is handled and current trends in the application of finite element techniques are briefly mentioned. The second part, an Appendix, lists papers published in the open literature. More than 900 references to papers, conference proceedings and theses/dissertations dealing with subjects that were published in 1995‐2003 are listed.

Finite element analyses and simulations of sheet metal forming processes

Analytical modelling of drawbeads in sheet metal forming

Application of an integrated CAD/CAM/CAE/IBC system in the stamping process of a bathtub 1200 S

Tailor-welded blank is one of the promising technologies in the application of lightweight materials for auto body parts manufacturing. The material discontinuity across the weld line results in an inhomogeneous deformation and weld line displacement. In this study, a two-dimensional analytical model is proposed to predict the tension distribution along the cross section. An energy method is used to calculate the restraining force due to bending, sliding, and unbending phenomena on the die and punch radii. To control the weld line movement, a blank holder force control strategy is proposed to achieve force equilibrium at the bottom of the part across the weld line. Finite element simulations are performed to study the effect of die and punch radii, friction coefficient, thickness ratio, and blank holder forces on the weld line displacement in strip drawing process. Under a uniform blank holder force, the weld line moves toward the thicker/stronger side implying a higher blank holder force is required for ...

Theoretical and experimental investigation of deep drawing of tailor-welded IF steel blanks with non-uniform blank holder forces:

A numerical method for rapid estimation of drawbead restraining force based on non-linear, anisotropic constitutive equations

A theoretical model based on the virtual work principle was proposed to calculate the restraining force produced by the drawbead located on a stamping die surface. In the theoretical model the deformation of the sheet metal drawn over the groove shoulder or bead is assumed to be subjected to bending, sliding and unbending processes, and only the sliding process is responsible for the frictional force. The governing equations derived from the theoretical model were solved by a numerical procedure. In order to validate the proposed model, the finite element simulations were also performed to calculate the drawbead restraining forces for various steels. The simulated results together with the experimental data obtained from the published literature were compared with the predicted values calculated by using the numerical procedure. The good agreement between the simulated results, experimental data and the calculated values justifies the proposed theoretical model.

Pao-Ching Tszeng

Papers

An analysis of drawbead restraining force in the stamping process