Bending Moment and Cross-Section Deformation of a Box Profile

In the process of plastic bending of thin-walled profiles, there is a significant deformation of the cross-section, which has a very significant impact on the course and effects of the shaping process construction products. In this paper, the experimental, analytical as well as numerical analyses of the box profile bending process enabled to establish the relationships determining the dependence of the cross-sectional form and bending moment on the bending curvature. The following paper discusses pure bending moment and the cross-sectional deformation of 21.5×21.5×1.8 mm and 25×25×2.5 mm square tubes made of the 6060 aluminium alloy. Satisfactory agreement of the experimental results and numerical calculations was obtained for the values of horizontal and vertical wall deflection, as well as for the experimental, calculated and numerical bending moment characteristics.