Bending in aluminium alloys AA 6111 and AA 5754 using the cantilever bend test

Bendability is an important forming parameter in many applications, but particularly in automotive parts where the formed parts in structures can be quite complex, and where outer skins are joined to inner panels through the hemming process. In this paper the bend performance of two aluminium based automotive alloys, the heat treatable skin alloy, AA 6111 and the non-heat treatable structural alloy AA 5754, are assessed by the cantilever bend …