Fabrication of stainless steel PEMFC bipolar plate by soft punch stamping

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10.2991/ic3me-15.2015.351How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Bipolar plate; Flow channel; Stamping process; Finite element simulation

Abstract

Different from traditional forming process, sheet soft punch process uses only a rigid die and the other tool set is a flexible medium, such as natural or synthetic rubbers. Soft punch stamping process for flow channel in stainless steel bipolar plates of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is an economic and convenient method for mass production. In order to investigate the process of soft punch stamping, a three-dimensional finite element model of bipolar plate is developed to analyze the strain variation during the stamping process and predict the defects.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hanxia Ruan
AU  - Tao Chen
PY  - 2015/08
DA  - 2015/08
TI  - Fabrication of stainless steel PEMFC bipolar plate by soft punch stamping
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Material, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1821
EP  - 1824
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ic3me-15.2015.351
DO  - 10.2991/ic3me-15.2015.351
ID  - Ruan2015/08
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