Design and Optimization of Sheet Hydroforming Process for Manufacturing Oil tank

Journal Article · Fri Aug 05 00:00:00 EDT 2005 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2011286· OSTI ID:20726176

Prakash, C; Narasimhan, K ^[1]

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1. Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076 (India)

The need for reduction of weight is an important issue in sheet metal forming industry. The hydroforming process has become an effective manufacturing process, as it can be adapted for the manufacturing of complex structural components with high structural stiffness. The process parameters and material properties are important factors that influence the quality of final product. In this paper, an optimized window of process parameters is obtained for successful sheet hydroforming of Oil tank. The simulation of hydroforming process is performed by using a Finite Element Method based Commercial code.

• OSTI ID: 20726176
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 778, Issue 1; Conference: NUMISHEET 2005: 6. international conference and workshop on numerical simulation of 3D sheet metal forming process, Detroit, MI (United States), 15-19 Aug 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2011286; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DESIGN
FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
FLEXIBILITY
MANUFACTURING
MATERIALS WORKING
METALS
OPTIMIZATION
SHEETS
TANKS