**Author details**

Anand Dhruv1 \* and Gajjar Nilesh<sup>2</sup>

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Ahmedabad, India

2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, L&T Baroda, India

\*Address all correspondence to: dhruv\_30@rediffmail.com

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*Prediction of Failure Using Forming Limit Curve in FE Analysis of Aluminium Alloy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.81083* 

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