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Forming of aluminum foam sandwich panels: Numerical simulations and experimental tests

Luigino FiliceLivan FratiniD. ContornoFabrizio Micari

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Materials scienceFoams AFS FEMBending (metalworking)business.industryMetals and AlloysForming processesMetal foamStructural engineeringStampingIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringFinite element methodComputer Science ApplicationsAluminium foam sandwichModeling and SimulationCeramics and CompositesFormabilityComposite materialbusinessSettore ING-IND/16 - Tecnologie E Sistemi Di LavorazioneSandwich-structured composite

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Abstract The forming of the completed aluminium foam sandwich (AFS) panels would determine an improvement in the manufacturing of parts and panels. In this paper the authors have investigated the formability of AFS through experiments and numerical simulations. As far as the former are concerned, commercially prepared panels have been considered and bending and stamping processes have been taken into account. In addition, FEM analyses have been developed, utilizing a porous material model following the evolution of the material density throughout the forming processes.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2006-07-01Journal of Materials Processing Technology
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.04.028