eprintid: 540
rev_number: 11
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datestamp: 2012-01-31 16:18:54
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type: report
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creators_name: Chapman, S.J.
creators_name: Fitt, A.D.
creators_name: Pulos, G.
title: Vacuum moulding of a superplastic
ispublished: pub
subjects: materials
studygroups: mexican1997
full_text_status: public
abstract: The objective of this research is to develop a model for simulating the super-plastic forming process and for predicting the thickness distribution as well the minimum radius of curvature when the material has to fill a sharp corner. Other questions of interest are the deflection of the sheet as a function of pressure for a given mould opening, and the deflection as a function of mould diameter for a given pressure. Modeling based on shell theory is carried out for cylindrical, spherical and arbitrary-shape shells of uniform as well as non-uniform thick- nesses.
date: 1997
citation:   Chapman, S.J. and Fitt, A.D. and Pulos, G.  (1997) Vacuum moulding of a superplastic.  [Study Group Report]     
document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/540/1/Vacuum-moulding-of-a-superplastic.pdf