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Here is a problem which resulted from enquiries by an engineering firm and concerns the bending of a piece of sheet metal to a specified shape. The shape is that required of part of a packaging machine. This article may be of interest (a) as a simple illustration of the use of mathematics in abstracting certain features from the real world, (b) for the mathematics, which is an exercise in differential geometry. The article also illustrates that at times a mathematical approach is essential.
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Culpin, D. A metal-bending problem, Math. Scientist, 5, 121–127, 1980.
Weatherburn, C.E. Differential Geometry of Three Dimensions, Vol. I. Cambridge University Press, 1927.
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Culpin, D., Cowan, R. (1982). The Fabrication of a Three Dimensional Feeder: A Problem in Sheet-Metal Bending. In: Anderssen, R.S., de Hoog, F.R. (eds) The Application of Mathematics in Industry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7834-1_11
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