Hemming is one of the most important metal forming processes determining external quality of automotive outer panels, such as front and rear door, hood and trunk lid etc. In this study, the flat surface-cove edge hemming process is performed by implic...
Hemming is one of the most important metal forming processes determining external quality of automotive outer panels, such as front and rear door, hood and trunk lid etc. In this study, the flat surface-cove edge hemming process is performed by implicit finite element analysis. A modified edge shape of the panels is suggested and applied to the 3-dimensional simulation by using a commercial code ANSYS. Futhermore, experiments are carried out for aluminium sheet metals to compare with results of analysis.