This paper describes sheet modeling and thickening operations based on a non-manifold topological representation for efficient solid modeling of thin-walled plastic or sheet metal parts. Since the existing methods have adopted boundary representations for solid models, it is difficult to represent the exact adjacency relations between topological entities in a sheet model, and to describe a mix...

Abstract. Clinching is a versatile mechanical joining method for assembling different sheet metal materials without auxiliary elements in short process times. The joint strength, however, solely relies on the material condition and its targeted interlock formation. Therefore, accurate models are necessary incorporating all relevant phenomena to reliably predict behaviour. We extend finite elast...

stretching process of sheet metals in both cases of axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric is analyzed. a rigid-plastic, normal anisotrop material is assumed and large strain formulation is applied. triangular elements are used and stiffness equations of elements are obtained from virtual work principle. these nonlinear equations are linearized by newton-raphsons method and are solved by gaussian el...

The purpose of this paper is to present an advanced method for welding fine wire to metal sheet, namely laser indirect shock welding (LISW). This process uses silica gel as driver sheet to accelerate the metal sheet toward the wire to obtain metallurgical bonding. A series of experiments were implemented to validate the welding ability of Al sheet/Cu wire and Al sheet/Ag wire. It was found that...

Equal channel angular rolling (ECAR) process is one of the severe plastic deformation (SPD) methods that have been used to make ultra-fine grain (UFG) materials with improving the mechanical properties of samples. After performing the process at several paths, a large strain is applied to the material that can cause decreasing the grain size and improving the mechanical and physical properties ...

Thermal treatments and thermo-mechanical processing routes were applied on a conventional structural steel (st37 steel: 0.12C-1.11Mn-0.16Si) for improvement of tensile properties and enhancement of work-hardening behavior. Full annealing resulted in a sheet with coarse ferrite grains and pearlite colonies arranged alternatively in distinct bands, which showed high ductility, low strength, and t...