[DonRotolo]

I’m an electrical engineer, so I’m not as familiar with this as perhaps I could be. It’s also been over 25 years since I’ve had Machine Design…

I have an aluminum rod, 6061-T6, 0.750 inches in diameter. I will mount it onto a fixture which is a piece of 3” angle iron held at 45 degrees to the horizontal, and push it down with another piece of angle iron (the 'point' will be relieved a bit, r=3/4" or so) until the rod is bent 90 degrees. See the thumbnail for the ‘unbent’ condition.

How many pounds of force (maximum) will I need to bend this?
Will the rod remain structurally sound, or will the outside edge become so stretched that most of the strength will be lost?

If someone could remind me of the way to do this - I used to know - I'd be grateful.

Don