Experimental Investigation of Maximum Achievable Convolution Height of Metallic Bellows in Hydroforming Process

Subject Areas : metal forming

Mehdi Safari ¹ , Younes Ghadiri ²

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Arak University of Technology
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Arak University of Technology, Iran

Received: 2017-12-18 Accepted : 2018-05-09 Published : 2018-06-01

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