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Mechanical Metallurgy of Aluminium Alloys for the Beverage Can
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EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMaterial SelectionMechanical MetallurgyFinite ElementCorrosionWear ModellingMicrostructure-strength RelationshipAlloysMaterials ScienceSolid MechanicsLight MetalMetal FormingMetallurgy SimulatorHigh-performance MetalMicrostructureNew Material ModelsMetallurgical ProcessMechanics Of Materials
3104 and 5182 are established packaging alloys with millions of beverage cans and ends produced everyday worldwide. Yet their continuous downgauging requires marginal improvements. They rely on a framework of experienced tests and models: metallurgy simulator, finite element structural or forming analysis... Advances incorporate contributions from many sciences, of which many examples are given in this review: new material models and criteria (prediction of ears), original statistical methods (assessment of tear-off rate at pilot scale), new tests in close connection with finite element modelling for their interpretation (trousers tearing test).