Simulation of the expansion of a steel pipe
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Channel: bhadeshia123 · 2017 · Education
Some steel pipes used for fossil fuel transmission are made from plate which is first bent into a U shape, followed by an O, and then expanded. The expansion is conducted after seam welding and and shown in this video. This is a finite element simulation of the process by Shuwen Wen, Simon Slater, Richard Freeman and Martin Connolley. The work is published in Proceedins of the ASME 2011 30th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, 2011, Netherlands. Video courtesy of Dr Shuwen Wen.
