Tag
#forming
2 topics across all disciplines.
Sheet metal bending and springback
Why a flat blank is never the sum of the flange lengths, what the neutral axis and K-factor actually are, and why a stronger steel springs back further and has to be overbent to finish straight.
Deep drawing and stamping
How a flat blank becomes a body panel, what the forming limit diagram is really telling you, why blank holder force sits between wrinkling and splitting, and what draw beads are for.