Kohlbauer R (2007)
Publication Type: Thesis
Publication year: 2007
Publisher: Meisenbach
Edited Volumes: Fertigungstechnik - Erlangen 184
DOI: 10.25593/978-3-87525-260-6
Sheet metal hydroforming offers for the automobile industry new and cost- effective ways for the manufacture of load- and function-optimized light-weight components. However, the determination of optimal process parameters for hydroforming processes needs extensive process knowledge. Despite the use of numeric simulation methods it still is the result of several time consuming iterations. In this thesis suitable methods and data models have been developed that provide to a large extent the automated identification of nonlinear process- control strategies adjusted to the specific boundary conditions of the forming process. The developed methods and data models are implemented into a knowledge based software system based on finite element simulation.