The bending fatigue test of a rear axle assembly is simulated by using a FE-integrated fatigue analysis methodology. The presented technique is based on local stress-strain approach in conjunction with two critical plane ...

A numerical technique is presented in order to assess formability conditions for tearing type sheet metal failures in automotive stamping applications. The proposed technique is based on the plastic instability and uses ...

A notch analysis method using a finite element basis is integrated with two critical plane multiaxial fatigue criteria to simulate combined bending-torsion fatigue of SAE 1045 notched specimen. For both in-phase and ...

A simple methodology to predict crack initiation life is described in the fatigue damage assessment of metallic structures typically used in ground vehicle industry. A phenomenological constitutive model is integrated with ...

An analytical model for the sectional deformation analysis of automotive sheets passing through a drawbead element is presented. The steady-state deformation of the sheet metal is prescribed by the geometry of the drawbead ...

As a result of the commercial pressure new methods of durability evaluation have to be explored, automotive suppliers are now being asked to develop new components and subsystems in shorter times and using fewer physical ...

The design of a stamping die essentially begins with the geometric development of die-faces using the process specifications in the form of part geometry, material data and stamping criterion such as the thinning limits. ...

The finite element simulations of a sheet metal forming process help the methods and tooling engineer designing the forming interface for a stamping part by shifting the costly press shop try-outs to the computer aided ...

Automobile wheel rims are critical elements that work under fatigue loading. For this reason, it is very important to determine fatigue damage of the wheel rims. Today, finite element analysis is used to make accurate ...

A finite element modeling technique is proposed to improve the accuracy of contact-type drawbead elements in panel forming analyses, and a performance assessment in terms of part border and thickness predictions is presented ...