Advanced methods in material forming

Constitutive Modeling for Metals....Pages 1-18
Material Forming and Dimensioning Problems: Expectations from the Car Industry....Pages 19-33
Optimization of the Phenomenological Constitutive Models Parameters Using Genetic Algorithms....Pages 35-54
A Metamodel Based Optimisation Algorithm for Metal Forming Processes....Pages 55-72
Modelling of Permeability and Mechanical Dispersion in a Porous Medium and Comparison with Experimental Measurements....Pages 73-100
Three-Dimensional Bending of Profiles by Stress Superposition....Pages 101-118
Specimen for a Novel Concept of Biaxial Tension Test – Design and Optimisation....Pages 119-129
Applications of a Recently Proposed Anisotropic Yield Function to Sheet Forming....Pages 131-149
Modelling of the Forming Limit Diagrams Using the Finite Element Method....Pages 151-165
Recent Advances in Process Design for Sheet and Tube Hydroforming....Pages 167-187
Evaluating the Press Stiffness in Realistic Operating Conditions....Pages 189-198
Fast Material Working: Wire Drawing....Pages 199-214
3D-ECAP of Square Aluminium Billets....Pages 215-232
Computer-Aided Tool Path Optimization for Single Point Incremental Sheet Forming....Pages 233-250
Study on the Achievable Accuracy in Single Point Incremental Forming....Pages 251-262
On the Finite Element Simulation of Thermal Phenomena in Machining Processes....Pages 263-278
Numerical Simulation of Wire Coating Pseudoplastic and Viscoplastic Fluids....Pages 279-295
Experimental Study on Behaviour of Woven Composites in Thermo-Stamping Under Nonlinear Temperature Trajectories....Pages 297-307
Thixoforming of Steel: Experiments on Thermal Effects....Pages 309-320
Study of the Liquid Fraction and Thermophysical Properties of Semi-Solid Steels and Application to the Simulation of Inductive Heating for Thixoforming....Pages 321-347
Simulation of Secondary Operations and Springback – The Implicit Shell Provides a Precise and Rapid Solution....Pages 349-360