Authors: S J Na J T Kim
Publish Date: 2008/04/12
Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 1367-1370
Abstract
Forming sheet metal by laserinduced thermal stress laser forming is considered to offer great potential for rapid prototyping and other flexible manufacturing In order to apply the laser forming process to real 3D products a method that encompasses the whole process planning including the laser irradiation patterns laser power and travel speed when the target shape is given In this work a method for 3D laser forming of sheet metal is proposed by using a geometrical information rather than a complicated stressstrain analysis Using this method the total calculation time is reduced considerably while affording strong potential for enhanced accuracy
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