Laser forming is a die-free sheet metal bending process that relies on a focused laser beam to induce controlled plastic deformation. By traversing a laser over a metal surface, steep temperature ...

Earth’s gravity has long dictated how we build, but a University of Florida engineering team is determined to rewrite the rules – by leaving the planet behind altogether. Associate Professor Victoria ...

Laser shock forming (LSF) utilises short, intense laser pulses to induce high‐pressure shock waves that plastically deform metallic surfaces and thin sheets without significant heat input. A typical ...

Deformation processes transform solid materials from one shape into another. The initial shape is usually simple (e.g., a billet or sheet blank) and is plastically deformed between tools, or dies, to ...