DEDICATION / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
VITA
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
INTRODUCTION
 

CHAPTER

 1. LITERATURE REVIEW

  1.1 Introduction
  1.2 Springback in Sheet Metal Forming
  1.3 Wrinkling in Sheet Metal Forming
  1.4 Springback in Ring Compression
  1.5 Wrinkling in Ring Compression

 2. THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FORMING PROCESS

  2.1 Introduction
  2.2 Equipment
  2.3 Types of Forming Coils
  2.4 Physics of the Electromagnetic Forming Operation
  2.5 Process Variables in EMF
  2.6 Advantages of the Electromagnetic Forming Process
  2.7 Disadvantages of the Electromagnetic Forming Process

 3. SHEET METAL FORMING STUDIES

  3.1 Experimental Set-Up
  3.2 Sample Preparation
  3.3 Parameter(s) Used to Represent Formability
  3.4 Parameter(s) Used to Represent Wrinkling
  3.5 Parameter(s) Used to Represent Springback
  3.6 Tensile Test Data
  3.7 Mass of Samples
  3.8 Effect of Energy
  3.9 Effect of Sheet Thickness
  3.10 Effect of Material Temper
  3.11 Effect of Die Geometry
  3.12 Effect of Stand-off Distance
  3.13 Effect of Material
  3.14 Formability Data
  3.15 Applications

 4. RING COMPRESSION STUDIES

  4.1 Experimental Set-Up
  4.2 Parameter(s) Used to Represent Deformation
  4.3 Parameter(s) Used to Represent Wrinkling
  4.4 Parameter(s) Used to Represent Springback
  4.5 Tensile Test Data
  4.6 Mass of Ring Samples
  4.7 Effect of Energy
  4.8 Effect of Ring Thickness
  4.9 Effect of Ring Height
  4.10 Effect of Temper
  4.11 Effect of Radial Strain
  4.12 Effect of Material

 5. DISCUSSION

  5.1 Normalization of Energy
  5.2 Sheet Metal Forming
  5.3 Ring Compression
  5.4 Usefulness of the Study

 6. CONCLUSIONS

  6.1 Sheet Metal Forming
  6.2 Ring Compression

APPENDICES

 A DRAWINGS OF EQUIPMENT
 B LIST OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FORMING PATENTS
 C PUBLICATIONS OF THE HYPERPLASTICITY GROUP AT OSU

REFERENCES

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