Until recently, no analytical technique was available for the study of failure in complex sheet metal pressing. However, if the maximum (e1) and minimum (e2) principal surface strains at failure on sheet metal pressing are measured, a plot of e1 against e2 results in a so-called forming limit diagram. FLD can be constructed in the laboratory and used as an aid to die try-out, production failures and metal specification.
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