International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, Volume. 2, Issue 3, 32001(2020)

High-efficiency forming processes for complex thin-walled titanium alloys components: state-of-the-art and perspectives

Kehuan Wang1...2, Liliang Wang3, Kailun Zheng4, Zhubin He4, Denis J Politis5, Gang Liu1,2,*, and Shijian Yuan12 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Processing of Metals, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Institute of High Pressure Fluid Forming, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, People’s Republic of China
  • 3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
  • 4School of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
  • 5Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus
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    Kehuan Wang, Liliang Wang, Kailun Zheng, Zhubin He, Denis J Politis, Gang Liu, Shijian Yuan. High-efficiency forming processes for complex thin-walled titanium alloys components: state-of-the-art and perspectives[J]. International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, 2020, 2(3): 32001

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    Category: Topical Review

    Received: Feb. 28, 2020

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    Published Online: Jan. 28, 2021

    The Author Email: Liu Gang (gliu@hit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1088/2631-7990/ab949b

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