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Developments in hydroforming

Shi-Hong Zhang
- 30 Jun 1999 - 
- Vol. 91, Iss: 91, pp 236-244
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A brief review of recent developments in the hydroforming processes is presented in this article, where the process variations used for forming tubular and flat components, the integral hydrobulge forming of shell products and the newly developed viscous pressure forming process are outlined and their characteristics and applications are summarized, especially in respect of applications of the processes in the automotive industries.
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This article is published in Journal of Materials Processing Technology.The article was published on 1999-06-30. It has received 117 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Hydroforming & Forming processes.

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Recent developments in sheet hydroforming technology

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized the recent developments in sheet hydroforming technology, several key technical problems to be solved for the development of sheet hydrated technology are analyzed, and varied sheet hydrate technologies are discussed.
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A state of the art review of hydroforming technology: its applications, research areas, history and future in manufacturing

TL;DR: A detailed survey of the hydroforming literature of both established and emerging processes in a single taxonomy is provided and a discussion on the future of hydroforming including the current state of the art techniques, the research directions, and the process advantages to make predictions about emerging hydroforming technologies.
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Analysis and finite element simulation of the tube bulge hydroforming process

TL;DR: In this paper, a mathematical model considering the forming tube by an ellipsoidal surface is proposed to examine the plastic deformation behavior of a thin-walled tube during the bulge hydroforming process in an open die.
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Improving industrial suitability of incremental sheet forming process

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the suitability of incremental sheet forming at very high feed rates to strongly reduce processing time, and a simple strategy to reduce the part inaccuracy was implemented.
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Application of abductive network and FEM to predict an acceptable product on T-shape tube hydroforming process

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TL;DR: In this article, the use of the finite element method in conjunction with abductive network is presented to predict an acceptable product of which the minimum wall thickness and the protrusion height fulfill the industrial demand on the T-shape tube hydroforming process.
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Hydroforming - a method to manufacture light-weight parts

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present proceedings and methods to develop process control and highlights the significance of process control for the quality of the forming result of a circular metal tube in a hydroforming process.
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Tube hydroforming—research and practical application

TL;DR: An overview of the fundamental principles of hydroforming processes and their variants is given in this article, where correlations between the workpiece geometry and the design of tool and process and the forming result are exemplarily illustrated.
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Development of Hydro-Mechanical Deep Drawing

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the development of the hydro-mechanical deep-drawing process in process performances, in theory and in numerical simulation, and summarized the applications.
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Rupture instability in hydroforming deep-drawing process☆

TL;DR: In this paper, the critical fluid-pressure locus above which rupture by tensile instability may occur in the hydroforming deep-drawing process, is formulated and tested, based on the classical theory of plasticity (with simple power-law hardening and Mises-Hill normal anisotropic yielding).
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Application of viscous pressure forming (VPF) to low volume stamping of difficult-to-form alloys —results of preliminary FEM simulations

TL;DR: In this article, a finite element-based code, DEFORM, has been designed to simulate the axisymmetrical viscous pressure forming of sheet metals, i.e., stretching and drawing, and the simulation results show that properties of the viscous medium, especially, viscosity, has a great effect on the process.
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