Advanced forming mechanics groups
Our primary research fields are Advanced Forming Mechanics Groups, providing fundamental and practical insight and control of highly nonlinear plastic deformation processes to produce many everyday products from sheet metal.
Our research interests include:
- Finite Element modelling techniques
- Sheet metal forming techniques includes roll forming, millipede forming, incremental sheet forming and Chain-die forming
- Elastic - plastic theory and experiments
- Digital image correlation (DIC)
- Non-linear dynamics, vibrations, controls, rolling contact, elastoplastic and wear phenomena, with applications to manufacturing, mining, railway, spacecraft and biomedical systems
Experimental facilities
1. Incremental sheet forming machine
Incremental sheet forming (ISF), as a promising technology, has demonstrated its high potential to shape complex three-dimensional parts without using specific tooling. AMINO® DLNC-PC incremental forming machine is used in many of our projects.
The machine is a 3-axis CNC machine with a maximum workspace of 2100×1450×500 mm3 and can exert maximum forces of 3.0 kN in vertical axis and 1.5 kN in X and Y axis. The maximum feed rate in the X and Y axis is 6000 mm/min and 1000 mm/min in the Z axis.