Design Optimization on Rotary Draw Tube Bending Parameters using FEA

• Main Authors: Taufik,, Kee, Kuo Zhuan, Tajul Ariffin, Abdullah, Sivarao, Subramonian
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka 2010
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/9251/1/merged_document_19.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/9251/
• Institution: Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka

Tube bending processes are widely used to manufacture parts in aerospace, automotive, oil and other industries. During the bending process the tube undergoes considerable in-plane distortion. The limitations in the tube bending process are distortion of cross-section, wrinkling, variation in wall th...