FlexForming

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Keywords : Hydroforming, hydraulic, flexforming, bladder forming.

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Flexforming 屬於液壓成形 (hrdroforming) 相關技術 [WIKI]。

壓力來源為透過彈性介質 (elastic media) 對鈑料施加均勻壓力成形，
類似技術如 rubber pad forming、bladder forming 等鈑金成形技術。


CAE分析工具：

• DEFORM-2D [Palaniswamy,2004]。

• LS-DYNA [Hatipoglu,2010] [Hatipoglu,2007]。

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VIDEOS：

• Quintus Technologies Flexform Principle Animation, YOUTUBE, https://youtu.be/bzxhFh8tdxI

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REFERENCE

• Hydroforming, WIKI, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroforming

• Quintus Technologies, YOUTUBE, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkWs8iqIGhjrIvfTkl98CbA

• H. A. Hatipoglu, N. Polat,A. Koksal (2010) A Methodology to Determine the Friction Coefficient in Flexforming (Fluidcell Forming) Process, Numiform 2010, Vols 1 and 2, Vol.1252, pp.278-282. http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.3457562

• H. A. Hatipoglu, N. Polat, A. Koksal,A. E. Tekkaya (2007) Modeling flexforming (fluid cell forming) process with finite element method, Sheet Metal 2007, Vol.344, pp.469-476. https://www.scientific.net/KEM.344.469

• Hariharasudhan Palaniswamy, Gracious Ngaile,Taylan Altan (2004) Optimization of blank dimensions to reduce springback in the flexforming process, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol.146, pp.28-34. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924013603008410

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