Shiphullplateformingbyflametorchplaysanimportantroleinshipbuildingprocess.Inshipyards,thelineheatingmethodisoneofthemajorprocessescarriedoutbyworkerstoformtheplatesintodesiredshapes.Sincethisprocessdependsontheskilledworkers’experiencesandknowhow,thereisalotofvariationintheproducts.Therealsocouldbesomedifficultiesincommunicatingwitheachother.Hence,itisnecessarytodevelopanautomationsystemtoincreasenotonlytheplateformingproductivity,butalsoproductquality.Forautomatedplateforming,itisrequiredtoknowwhereandhowmuchtoheatontheplate.Thus,theinverseproblemshouldbesolvedtoobtainprocessparameterssuchastorchtravelspeedandtheheatingpositions.Inthisstudy,thedeformedcurveshapebyflameheatwasgeometricallyconsideredsothattheappropriategeometricalparameterscanbeobtained.Then,therelationshipbetweenthebendingangleandtheradiusofthecurvatureofthedeformedcurveshapewereestablished.Inaddition,theprocessparameterswereobtainedbyusingtherelationshipbetweengeometricalparametersandprocessparameters.Lastly,experimentsofthetwo-dimensionalplateformingconsideringdeformedcurveshapewiththecurvaturewereperformed.Theresultsoftheformedshapeweresimilartothetargetshape.ArticleOutline1.HYPERLINK"http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TGJ-50CVPYN-2&_user=10&_coverDate=10%2F01%2F2010&_alid=1647333197&_rdoc=24&_orig=search&_origin=search&_zone=rslt_list_item&_cdi=5256&_sort=r&_st=5&_docanchor=&_ct=7454&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&searchtype=a&_fmt=full&_pii=S0924013610001767&_issn=09240136&md5=516981c945543355d41e7eaa42f02c5d"\l"secx1"Introduction2.HYPERLINK"http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TGJ-50CVPYN-2&_user=10&_coverDate=10%2F01%2F2010&_alid=1647333197&_rdoc=24&_orig=search&_origin=search&_zone=rslt_list_item&_cdi=5256&_sort=r&_st=5&_docanchor=&_ct=7454&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&searchtype=a&_fmt=full&_pii=S0924013610001767&_issn=09240136&md5=516981c945543355d41e7eaa42f02c5d"\l"secx2"Descriptionofthe