...Koetsu Yamazaki; Jing Han; Takayasu Otsuka; Takashi Hasegawa; Sadao Nishiyama This paper proposes a new tooling system and performs an optimum design on it to minimize the amount of thinning during a forming process of aluminum beverage can end shells. Numerical simulations of the shell forming...

... of aluminum disks (ductile material) at very high shock levels caused by accidental drop are investigated using finite element analysis. It is found that failure inception for both disk types occurs at the inside perimeter of the disk. For glass disks, cracks are found to propagate toward the outer perimeter...

...., 113, pp. 432–437 ) are extended to include the case where the clamped members are of different material types. Results for a steel/aluminum joint are presented in detail, and a generalized technique for estimating the member stiffness for any material combination is derived. The method developed...

...: a lightweight polycarbonate plastic version suitable for inexpensive mass production, and an aluminum and stainless steel linkage that offers greater reliability and higher stiffness. Both linkages were designed to be statically balanced over their full workspace. Contributed by the Mechanisms and Robotics...

... is solved by a multiobjective genetic algorithm using a direct crossover. A case study on an aluminum space frame of a midsize passenger vehicle is discussed. 13 06 2004 25 11 2004 assembling shapes (structures) automobile industry automobile manufacture springs (mechanical) finite...