Hydroforming of High-Strength Aluminum Tubes with Thermo-Mechanical Manufacturing Processes

Trân R, Reblitz J, Haase R, Psyk V, Kräusel V, Merklein M (2022)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Engineering Proceedings MDPI Publishing

Book Volume: 26

Article Number: 13

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.3390/engproc2022026013

Abstract

The amount of complex profile components in car bodies increases due to the emerging electromobility. High-strength aluminum alloys are ideally suited as material for automotive applications due to their extraordinary lightweight construction potential. The presented study focuses on the transfer of established thermo-mechanical manufacturing processes for sheet metal components to hydroforming of tube material. Demonstrator components are produced from EN AW-7020 using W-temper-forming and hot forming and compared numerically and experimentally. The results show that the determined material properties are sufficiently accurate to numerically represent the temperature-supported processes with excellent precision. The formed components can be used to demonstrate the potential of hydroforming for high-strength aluminum tubes using W-temper-forming and hot forming.

Authors with CRIS profile

Jonas Reblitz Institute of Manufacturing Technology Marion Merklein Institute of Manufacturing Technology

Involved external institutions

Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Umformtechnik (IWU) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Trân, R., Reblitz, J., Haase, R., Psyk, V., Kräusel, V., & Merklein, M. (2022). Hydroforming of High-Strength Aluminum Tubes with Thermo-Mechanical Manufacturing Processes. Engineering Proceedings, 26(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/engproc2022026013

MLA:

Trân, Ricardo, et al. "Hydroforming of High-Strength Aluminum Tubes with Thermo-Mechanical Manufacturing Processes." Engineering Proceedings 26.1 (2022).

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