Figure 2. A schematic plot of the window of safe straining for simple pathsthe forming-limit diagram. With an isotropic material, the limits for e2 > e1 mirror those in the region where e1 > e2.
 

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This figure is a component of the on-line article "Sheet Metal Forming: A Review", which appears in the November 1999 Issue of JOM.