Abstract: A flare testing arrangement for a hollow body, the hollow body having at least one hollow section extending in a longitudinal direction of the hollow body. The arrangement includes a first fixture, a second fixture, a resilient element, and an actuator configured to exert a force on the first or second fixtures. A cross-sectional area across a longitudinal direction of the first and second fixtures and the resilient element has a shape corresponding to the shape of the cross-sectional area across a longitudinal direction of a corresponding hollow section of the hollow body.

Abstract: A method for work piece correction including providing a work piece and analyzing its geometry. Based on the analysis, the method includes determining an initial design of simulated clamp blocks and conducting an initial computer-simulated analysis of work piece correction using the initial design. The method includes determining whether the initial computer-simulated analysis meets predetermined performance criteria and iteratively repeating additional computer-simulated analyses using additional designs until a final clamp block design produces results that meet predetermined performance criteria. The method includes forming clamp blocks based on the final clamp block design, installing the clamp blocks into clamps of a clamping system, and applying extrusion corrections to the work piece.