Publisher's Synopsis
This special volume includes the papers presented at the 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Engineering Plasticity and Its Applications (AEPA 2014) held in National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 1-5 September 2014. The 2014 conference features technical and keynote programs, the most current and relevant trends in academia, and industry, and a cultural excursion program. The topics cover engineering plasticity in various disciplines such as materials processing, damage and fracture analysis, impact dynamics, composite mechanics. Advances in plasticity on the nano, micro and macro scales and their industrial applications related to sustainable and re-manufacturing are also included.
