Study on Bending Characteristics for Square Tube Using Energy Absorption Part

Parametric Study of Energy Absorption Characteristics of a Rectangular Aluminum Tube Wrapped with E-glass/epoxy

The Effect of Normal Anisotropy on Thin-Walled Tube Bending

Thin-walled tube bending has common applications in the automobile and aerospace industries. The rotary-draw-bending method is a complex physical process with multi-factor interactive effects and is one of the advanced tube forming processes with high efficiency, high forming precision, low consumption and good flexibility for bending angle changes. However, it may cause a wrinkling phenomenon,...

Effect of Cooling on Bending Angle and Microstructure in Laser Tube Bending with Circumferential Scanning

Laser tube bending is a flexible forming process. Two irradiation methods of axial and circumferential scanning are generally used to form metal tubes. The two most important disadvantages of circumferential scanning are its lower bending angle and the time interval required between each scan for cooling purpose. In this research, a novel cooling strategy during laser tube bending with circumfe...

Analytical and Numerical Investigation of Effective Parameters on Energy Absorption Circular Composite Tube under Internal Pressure and Axial

In this paper the energy absorption capacity of stiffened circular composite tube is considered. The governing equations and dynamic equilibrium are first derived and then solved. Additionally, a finite element model of reinforced circular composite tube structure is modeled. At the following, the effects of various parameters such as structural geometry, number of rings and stingers on mechani...

Effects of Scanning Schemes on Laser Tube Bending

Four laser scanning schemes for tube bending, including point-source circumferential scanning, pulsed line-source axial procession, and line-source axial scanning without and with water cooling are investigated in numerical simulation. The coupled thermomechanical model established using the finite element method is validated and applied to predict the bending deformation and help better unders...