Hi desertfox,
Thanks for your quick response. I followed your suggestion and ended up with a bending moment required for the tube. I could compare this bending moment to one calculated from dimensions and material spec of standard crimps. I'm fairly happy that a standard crimp tool should be...
Hi,
I'm trying to calculate the approximate force required to squash a small diameter tube - similar to crimping a ferrule on to a wire. The forces from the crimp tool can be approximated as a load distributed along the top and bottom of the tube, but not distributed around the circumference...
