This practical book discusses in detail computer-aided engineering (CAE) of bending metal sheets and profiles. The presented methods reduce the rollout time for new manufacturing designs of bent details in the automobile, aircraft and other industries. The author provides step-by-step introductions and thus enables readers to create their own projects in CAE systems. The book consists of six sections covering topics such as theory of bending and the operation of stamping the blanks, CAE modeling of multi-angular bending and stretch bending, the theory of optimal layout of blanks on the sheet and implementing this in programs. Written primarily for practicing engineers and scientists, it is also beneficial for teachers, students and graduate students.

Author Biography

Valerij Alekseyevich Zharkov is a doctor of technical sciences and has an engineering diploma from Russia's best technical university: The Bauman Moscow State Technical University (Bauman MSTU). Dr. Zharkov worked at automobile industry scientific-research institutes in Moscow for 20 years. He has developed the engineering theory of stamping the sheets, strips, and profiles with analytical dependences and realization on computers and on the basis of this has also developed methodology for computer modeling of stamping operations in CAE systems. He has published more than 30 books, over 100 articles, and more than 50 patents for inventions in various industries. Dr. Zharkov is a leading international expert on computer modeling of Y of material stamping operations.