Abstract: This study is focused on the description of ductile fracture initiation, which is needed to predict product shapes in the blanking process. Two approaches are elaborated using a local ductile ...

Abstract: In a previous work a numerical tool was presented which accurately predicted both process force and fracture initiation for blanking of a ferritic stainless steel in various blanking geometries. ...

Abstract: Sustained tissue compression can lead to pressure ulcers, which can either start superficially or within deeper tissue layers. The latter type includes deep tissue injury, starting in skeletal ...