Hydroforming for Advanced Manufacturing. This item is unavailable.Hydroforming for Advanced Manufacturing

Hydroforming is a process where fluid pressure is applied to ductile metallic blanks (either tubes or sheet metal) to form component shapes. The process is gradually replacing stamped and welded parts in many automotive and other applications. This comprehensive book covers the fundamentals of the process, hydroforming systems, material selection and industrial applications. Process variations such as low pressure hydroforming and heatform / warm hydroforming are covered and the future of hydroforming hybrid processes are analysed. It presents current research from leading innovators in the important hydroforming field from around the world.

Key Features: reviews the principles of hydroforming; explores the range of hydroforming techniques; highlights the application of hydroforming in aerospace and automotive engineering; presents current research from leading innovators in the important hydroforming field from around the world.

Contents: Introduction and state-of-the-art of hydroforming. Part 1 Principles of hydroforming: Hydroforming systems, equipment, controls and tooling; Deformation mechanism and fundamentals of hydroforming; Materials and their characterization for hydroforming; Formability analysis for tubular hydroformed parts; Design and modeling of parts, process and tooling in tube hydroforming; Tribological aspects in hydroforming. Part 2 Hydroforming techniques and their applications: Pre-forming: Tube rotary draw bending and pre-flattening/crushing in hydroforming; Hydroforming: hydropiercing, end-cutting, and welding; Hydroforming sheet metal forming components; Bending and hydroforming of aluminum and magnesium alloy tubes; Low pressure tube hydroforming; Comparative analysis of hydroforming techniques; Fluid cell pressing in the aerospace industry; Hydroforming and its role in lightweighting automobiles; Warm hydroforming.

Dr Muammer Koç is Director of the NSFI/UCRC Center for Precision Forming and Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), USA. He is internationally-known for his research on hydroforming.