Advances on hot extrusion and simulation of light alloys : selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Conference on Extrusion and Benchmark (ICEB), Dortmund 2009, Germany, September 16.-17. 2009

 Content: Combined Numerical Simulation and Microstructure Characterization for Prediction of Physical Properties in Extruded Aluminum Alloys --
 Towards Predictive Control of Extrusion Weld Seams: An Integrated Approach --
 Extrusion Benchmark 2009 Experimental Analysis of Deflection in Extrusion Dies --
 Physically Based Microstructure Modelling of AA6082 during Hot Extrusion --
 An Assessment of the Grain Structure Evolution during Hot Forward Extrusion of Aluminum Alloy 7020 --
 Modeling and Simulation of Microstructure Evolution in Extruded Aluminum Profiles --
 Simulation of the Quench Sensitivity of the Aluminum Alloy 6082 --
 Simulation of Gas and Spray Quenching during Extrusion of Aluminium Alloys --
 An Approach to Simulate Shape Distortion due to Cooling in Aluminum Extrusion --
 Analysis of Polypropylene Deformation in a 135° ECAE Die: Experiments and Three-Dimensional Finite Element Simulations --
 Analysis of Joint Quality along Welding Plane --
 Accurate Welding Line Prediction in Extrusion Processes --
 Simulation of Porthole Die Extrusion Process Comparing NEM and FEM Modelling --
 Numerical Analysis of Aluminum Alloys Extrusion through Porthole Dies --
 Simulation of the Co-Extrusion of Hybrid Mg/Al Profiles --
 Effect of Tube Wall Thickness in Joining of Aluminum Tube and Holed Rib by Extrusion --
 Numerical and Experimental Investigations of the Production Processes of Coextruded Al/Mg-Compounds and the Strength of the Interface --
 The Use of Extruded Profiles as Filling Material in Friction Stir Welding (FSW) --
 Analysis of Metal Flow of Aluminum through Long Choked Die Channels --
 Friction in Double Action Extrusion --
 A New Cone-Friction Test for Evaluating Friction Phenomena in Extrusion Processes --
 Modelling of Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of Magnesium Alloys during Indirect Extrusion --
 Numerical Analysis of Four-Hole Extrusion of Aluminum Alloys --
 Computer-Aided Simulation of Metal Flow through Curved Die for Extrusion of Square Section from Square Billet --
 Three Dimensional Upper Bound Modelling for Extrusion of Round-to-Octagon Section Using Linearly Converging Die --
 Measuring the Deformation of a Flat Die by Applying a Laser Beam on a Reflecting Surface --
 Creep-Fatigue Interaction in the AISI H11 Tool Steel --
 FEM-Assisted Design of a Multi-Hole Pocket Die to Extrude U-Shaped Aluminum Profiles with Different Wall Thicknesses --
 Localization of the Shear Zone in Extrusion Processes by Means of Finite Element Analysis --
 A Case Study to Solve the Problem of Wall Thickness Attenuation during Extrusion to Produce a Complex Hollow Magnesium Profile --
 Manufacturing of Carbon/Resin Separator by Die Sliding Extrusion --
 Prediction of the Extrusion Load and Exit Temperature Using Artificial Neural Networks Based on FEM Simulation --
 Contrasting Models to Determine the Approximate Extrusion Process Conditions for the First Billet --
 Study of Flow Balance and Temperature Evolution over Multiple Aluminum Extrusion Press Cycles with HyperXtrude 9.0 --
 Numerical Design of Extrusion Process Using Finite Thermo-Elastoviscoplasticity with Damage. Prediction of Chevron Shaped Cracks --
 Integrated Extruder Plant Automation with Learning Control.