Technical Reports
Technical Reports: Design,Tribology, Process Modeling, and Material Characterization
| N0. | Title | Sponsor |
| 1 | Martin Wekerle, Angel Alvarado, Nitin Jain, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan “Design of tooling to evaluate lubricants used in sheet metal forming processes”. Report No. S/ERC/NSM-01-R-74. | NSF |
| 2 | Nitin Jain, Xiao Xiang, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,Process sequence design for progressive forming of round cups”. ERC/NSM-02-R-92 | Pax Machine Works Inc |
| 3 | Nitin JainHariharasudhan, Palaniswamy, Gracious Ngaile and Taylan Altan,”Design of optimal slot shape in the initial blank for stamping a torque converter turbine shell using FEM,”ERC/NSM-02-102 | Luk |
| 4 | Karan Shah,Xiao XiangGracious NgaileTaylan Altan,”Development of a forming sequence of motor casing with the aid of the finite element methodProgress report No. S/ERC/NSM-03-R-48″ | Confidential |
| 5 | Shrinivas Patil, Karan Shah,Yingyot Aue-u-lan Carlo Pison, Serhat Kay,Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan, “Development of Elevated temperature tube hydroforming system for lightweight materials. THF/ERC/NSM-03-R-49 | DOE-SBIR |
| 6 | Kai Schneider, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,”Modified limiting Dome Height Test”, S/ERC/NSM-02-R-57 | ERC-NSM |
| 7 | Stefan Jaeger, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,”Development of a tube expansion test to evaluate lubricant in tube hydroforming”, ERC/NSM Report THF-00-R-12 | ERC-NSM consortium |
| 8 | Alex Shr, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,”Evaluation of ‘tube bending experiments- effect and design parameters in rotary draw bending process”, THF/ERC/NSM-00-R-08 | ERC-NSM |
| 9 | Dan Hannan, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,”Development of forming processes for copper components for the stanford linear accelerator”. Report No. ERC/NSM-B-00-20. | Stanford University |
| 10 | Jennifer Cooper, Josh Brown, Sean Fabor, Steven McLeod, Nick Tuite, Gracious Ngaile” Development of an Automatic sheet feeder based on inclined conveyor concept. NF1-NCSUMAE 2003 | Caraustar Mill Co |
| 11 | Michael Newell, Michael Fleming, Graham Hayes, Ryan McMahan,Gracious Ngaile” Development of an Automatic sheet feeder based on sheet accumulation concept. NF2-NCSUMAE 2003 | Caraustar Mill Co |
| 12 | Ryan Heniford, Lee Hallman, Hunter Hinshaw, Bryant Kirkland, Clinton Koontz,Gracious Ngaile” Development of an Automatic sheet feeder based on Multiple sheet Roller feed concept. NF3-NCSUMAE 2003 | Caraustar Mill Co |
| 13 | Chad Krysiak, Michaeld Crose, Jason Hite, Lee Lombardo, Dan Pittman,Gracious Ngaile” Development of an Automatic sheet feeder based on vaccum cup pickup concept. NF4-NCSUMAE 2003 | Caraustar Mill Co |
Tribology
| N0. | Title | Sponsor |
| 1 | Gracious Ngaile, Angel Alvarado, Nitin Jain, Taylan Altan, “Performance evaluation of stamping lubricants at various temperatures using ironing test. Report No. ERC/NSM-01-38. | Pax Machine Works Inc |
| 2 | Ajay Yadav, Xiao Xiang Shi, Mark Gariety, Gracious Ngaile,Taylan Altan, “Study of the stamping lubricant tester” R-03-R-04 | Lubrizol corp |
| 3 | Shrinidhi, Chandrasehharan, Harisudhan Palaniswamy, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan”Evaluation of lubricant at different temperature using deep drawing ironing S/ERC/NSM-02-R- | Pax Machine Works Inc |
| 4 | Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,”Model test to evaluate lubricants and die coatings for tube hydroforming”, ERC/NSM Report THF-99-43 | ERC-NSM consortium |
| 5 | Gracious Ngaile, Vicenzo Federico, Taylan Altan,”Determination of friction coefficient and ranking of lubricants for tube hydroforming – The case of guided zone”. ERC/NSM Report THF-00-R-1B | Acheson Colloids |
| 6 | Gracious Ngaile, Stefan Jaeger, Taylan Altan,”Determination of friction coefficient and ranking of lubricants for tube hydroforming by Limiting dome height test- The case of transition zone”. ERC/NSM Report THF-00-R-13 | Acheson Colloids |
| 7 | Gracious Ngaile, Stefan Jaeger, Taylan Altan,” Ranking of lubricants for tube hydroforming – The case of expansion zone”. ERC/NSM Report THF-00-R-13C | Acheson colloids |
| 8 | Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,Determination of friction coefficient and ranking of lubricants for tube hydroforming – A brief summary of lubricant test results for the guiding, transition and expansion zones. ERC/NSM Report THF-00-R-13D | Acheson Colloids |
| 9 | Mark Gariety, Shrinidhi chandrasekharan, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan, “Evaluation of Fuchs Lubricants for Tube Hydroforming”, THF/ERC/NSM-01-R-44 | Fuchs Lubricants Co |
| 10 | Siegried Losch, Daniel Hannan , Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,”Replacement of zinc phosphate coating based lubricants with environmentally friendly lubricants for cold forging”, ERC/NSM-00-25 | NCMS |
| 11 | Daniel Hannan, Gracious Ngaile, Siegfried Losch and Taylan Altan,”Comparison of MEC HOMAT lubricant to conventional Zinc Phosphate Lubrication Using a Single Cup Backward Extrusion Test”. Report No. F/ERC/NSM-00-R-23 | NCMS |
| 12 | Gnanavel. Kesavapandian, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,”Die wear in precision hot forging- Effect of process parameters and predictive models”. Report No. B-ERC/NSM-01-R-42. | ATP-NIST |
| 13 | Mark Gariety, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,”Identification of lubricants and enhancement of lubricant performance for cold heading”- Progress report 1,Report No. PF/ERC/NSM-02-R-32A. | Lubrizon Corp |
| 14 | Gracious Ngaile, Mark Gariety, Taylan Altan,”Development of replacement of zinc phosphate used in cold forging, extrusion and metal forming, F/ERC/NSM-02-85 | NCMS |
Process Modeling and Optimization
| N0. | Title | Sponsor |
| 1 | Hariharasudhan Palaniswamy, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan, “Finite Element Simulation of the performing operation and spring back for a cone-support inner gas generator for turbine engine”. ERC/NSM-00-53-B | Luk |
| 2 | Patrick Wenning, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,”Coining of surgical blade”, ERC/NSM-02-50 | Confidential |
| 3 | Hariharasudhan, Palaniswamy, Gracious Ngaile and Taylan Altan, “Coining of surgical blade” 01-R-26 | Confidential |
| 4 | Pat Wenning, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan”Finite Element evaluation of a fastener clinching operation” ERC/NSM-02-12B | Luk |
| 5 | Pat Wenning, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan, “Finite element evaluation of an automotive riveting application” S/ERC/NSM-02-R-47 | Luk |
| 6 | Gracious Ngaile, Toshirou Hidaka, Takahiro Yasutomo,”Tube hydroforming experiments conducted at Kawasaki Hydromechanics Corporation-Japan (October 2000)”. THF/ERC/NSM-01-R-15 | Kawasaki Hydromechanics |
| 7 | Matteo Strano, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,”Selection of the loading paths in the hydroforming of tubes with variable cross sections. Experiments and FE simulations. THF/ERC/NSM-00-R-05A. | ERC/NSM consortium |
| 8 | Manas shirgaokar, Hyunjoong Cho, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,Stress Analysis and Evaluation of the Crimping Process of an M-910 Round, ERC/NSM-00-48-B. | ATK |
| 9 | Manas Shirgaokar, Hyunjoong Cho, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,”Stress Analysis and Evaluation of the Crimping Process of an M-910 Round, Task II. Evaluation of alternative die design”, ERC/NSM-01-48-B. | ATK |
| 10 | Manas Shirgaokar, Hyunjoong Cho, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,”Stress Analysis and Evaluation of the Crimping Process of an M-910 Round, A summary Report”, ERC/NSM-01-48-C. | ATK |
| 11 | Sathyanarayanan Narasimhan, Hyungjoon Cho, Naksoo Kim, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan, “CAE Modeling of In-Mold Lamination (IML) process Phase II: Determination of reliable material property”. F/ERC/NSM-02-R-01 | Johnson Controls Inc |
| 12 | Sathyanarayanan Narasimhan, Hyungjoon Cho, Gracious Ngaile, Naksoo Kim, Taylan Altan,”CAE Modeling of In-Mold Lamination (IML) process Phase I,F/ERC/NSM-02-R-10 | Johnson Controls Inc |
| 13 | Gnanavel Kesavapandian, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan, “Process improvement in near net shape hot forging in an automatic horizontal forging machine, ERC/NSM-03-R-08 | ATP-NIST |
| 14 | Serdar Isbir, Hyunjoon cho, Gracious Ngaile and Taylan Altan,”Analysis of elbow forging process using FEM”. F/ERC/NSM-02-10-A | Hammil Manufacturin Co |
| 15 | Krishna Duvari, Serdar Isbir, Gracious Ngaile and Taylan Altan, “Optimization of tool design in hot shearing of billet for forging, F/ERC/NSM-03-R-09 | ATP-NIST |
| 15 | Hariharasudhan, Palaniswamy, Gracious Ngaile and Taylan Altan, “Finite element simulation of Mg sheet forming at elevated temperature – Manufacturing of lap top case” R-02-103-A | Aida Engineering Co |
Material Characterization
| N0. | Title | Sponsor |
| 1 | Gerhard Gutscher, Hsien-Chih Wu, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan, “Evaluation of formability and determination of flow stress curve of sheet metals with hydraulic bulge test” , ERC/NSM Report THF-00-R-15 | ERC-NSM |
| 2 | Hariharasudhan Palaniswamy, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan,” Determination of flow stress for “02 AMS 5504 sheet metal” by viscous pressure bulge test, ERC/NSM-00-53-A | General Electric |
| 3 | Yingyot Aue-u-lan, Hariharasudhan, Palaniswamy, Gracious Ngaile and Taylan Altan, “Determination of Biaxial formability and flow stress for AZ31B magnesium alloy sheet metal and tube”. THF/S-ERC/NSM-01-R-07 | ORNL |
| 4 | Nitin JainHariharasudhan, Palaniswamy, Gracious Ngaile and Taylan Altan,Determination of flow stress and formability limit for 316L stainless steel using VPF” ERC/NSM R-03-18 | General Motors |
| 5 | Shrinvan Patil,Hariharasudhan, Palaniswamy, Gracious Ngaile and Taylan Altan, “Determination of flow stress and formability limit for 3003 Aluminum Sheet Using VPF” R-03-15 | JPL-NASA |
| 6 | Harisudhan Palaniswamy, Gracious Ngaile, Taylan Altan, “Determination of flow stress and formability limit for steel sheet material using VPB”, S/ERC/NSM-R-01-18 | ERC-NSM |