Superplastic forming (SPF) has become an attractive manufacturing technique in the aerospace industry due to its advantages of weight and cost savings for producing the complicated airframe structures. Combined with the diffusion bonding (DB), the des...
Superplastic forming (SPF) has become an attractive manufacturing technique in the aerospace industry due to its advantages of weight and cost savings for producing the complicated airframe structures. Combined with the diffusion bonding (DB), the design flexibility to produce complex multisheet structures can be further enhanced.
In this paper, a brief review has been made as to the application of superplasticity to the fabrication of aircraft components, the various forming methods, the analytical and numerical simulation methods for predicting and
optimizing both the design and production of superplastically formed parts. Finally, current status and future directions for SPF/DB technology in Korea have also been descibed.