Process Development for a Superplastic Hot Tube Gas Forming Process of Titanium (Ti-3Al-2.5V) Hollow Profiles
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Objective
3. Process Design and Simulation
4. Tool Concept
5. Results
6. Summary and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Trân, R.; Reuther, F.; Winter, S.; Psyk, V. Process Development for a Superplastic Hot Tube Gas Forming Process of Titanium (Ti-3Al-2.5V) Hollow Profiles. Metals 2020, 10, 1150. https://doi.org/10.3390/met10091150
Trân R, Reuther F, Winter S, Psyk V. Process Development for a Superplastic Hot Tube Gas Forming Process of Titanium (Ti-3Al-2.5V) Hollow Profiles. Metals. 2020; 10(9):1150. https://doi.org/10.3390/met10091150
Chicago/Turabian StyleTrân, Ricardo, Franz Reuther, Sven Winter, and Verena Psyk. 2020. "Process Development for a Superplastic Hot Tube Gas Forming Process of Titanium (Ti-3Al-2.5V) Hollow Profiles" Metals 10, no. 9: 1150. https://doi.org/10.3390/met10091150