Is there any way to predict the thinning of walls and length of strain along thin wall tubing specifically aluminum bent on a radius? I'm trying to get shear calculations at points along the bend but would like to account for the reduction of area.
.06" wall w/.125" corner radii - 1"sq outside...
I have a project requiring a large blank appr 30" dia to be deep drawn hydroformed. The blank is not round and will be drawn to a depth of about 5".
My searches have yielded few sources for this process.
