RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Puzyr, Ruslan A1 Haikova, Tetiana A1 Majerník, Ján A1 Karkova, Monika A1 Kmec, Ján T1 Experimental Study of the Process of Radial Rotation Profiling of Wheel Rims Resulting in Formation and Technological Flattening of the Corrugations JF Manufacturing Technology Journal YR 2018 VO 18 IS 1 SP 106 OP 111 DO 10.21062/ujep/61.2018/a/1213-2489/MT/18/1/106 UL https://journalmt.com/artkey/mft-201801-0019.php AB Experimental studies of the wheel rim workpieces with additional technological corrugations have been carried out the results of which showed the ineffectiveness of this technique in profiling to increase thickness of the radial profile junctions of the semi-finished product. The comparison of profiling methods was carried out according to the Cochran's criterion and Student t-test. The additional experiments aimed at the determination of the flexural strain on differently shaped workpieces confirmed the impossibility of creation of the upthrust in the meridional direction during the deformation of the closed shells with straightening of the technological seats (corrugations). It is determined that the seats on the shell unbend in the tangential direction, the bending moments are damped nearthe site of the load application.