Creep-age forming of AA7475 aluminum panels for aircraft lower wing skin application
Creep-age forming (CAF) is an interesting process for the airframe industry, as it is able to form or shape panels into smooth, but complex, curvatures. In the CAF process, the ageing cycle of the alloy is used to relax external loads imposed to the part, through creep mechanisms. Those relaxed stre...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol)
2012-08-01
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Series: | Materials Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392012000400018 |