Investigations on the Hot Stamping of AW-7921-T4 Alloy Sheet

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(a) Schematic of the tension tests procedure. (b) Hydraulic press with smiley form die, (c) schematic diagram showing a typical thermomechanical history for the deep drawing process, and (d) the smiley form prototype after deep drawing. The location from where samples were taken is also shown in (d).

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