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 ...

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 ...