Publisher's Synopsis
Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 18th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming (ESAFORM 2015), April 15-17, 2015, Graz, Austria. The 252 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Formability of Metallic Materials;Chapter 2: Forging and Rolling; Chapter 3: Composites Forming Processes;Chapter 4: Friction and Wear in Material Processing; Chapter 5: Continuum Constitutive Modelling and Scale Transition Modelling; Chapter 6: Nano-Structured Materials and Micro Forming; Chapter 7: Additive Manufacturing and Non-Conventional Processes; Chapter 8: Structures, Properties and Processing of Polymers (and Biomass Based Materials);Chapter 9: Integrated Design, Modelling and Reliability Assessment in Forming (I-DMR);Chapter 10: Small Scale Plasticity, Damage and Fracture; Chapter 11: Intelligent Computation in Forming Processes; Chapter 12: Incremental and Sheet Metal Forming; Chapter 13: Machining and Cutting; Chapter 14: New and Advanced Numerical Strategies for Material Forming; Chapter 15: Optimization and Inverse Analysis in Forming; Chapter 16: Innovative Joining by Forming Technologies; Chapter 17: Heat Transfer Modelling; Chapter 18: Semi-Solid Processes; Chapter 19: Extrusion and Drawing; Chapter 20: Energy Efficient Solutions in Material Forming.
