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Graham S. Heap
Graham S.
Heap
Geometric estimation of strains in car body panels
Loughborough University
2018
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Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
2018-05-02 11:24:15
Thesis
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/thesis/Geometric_estimation_of_strains_in_car_body_panels/9374021
The thesis focuses on the manufacture of car body panels at Austin Rover
and in particular the phenomenon of spring-back. After pressing of a shallow
drawn panel its shape is often flatter than required. This loss of shape
control corresponds to areas of small strains. The aim of the thesis is to
describe the generation of a database of small strain information at
discrete points on a drawn panel, which could be used in the numerical
modelling of the drawing process. [Continues.]