Forming Process
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- Bulk forming: extrusion, forging, rolling, wire and tube drawing
- Sheet forming: sheet drawing, hydroforming, roll forming, inrcremental forming
- Microforming
- Joining by forming
- Shearing
- Forming in high-temperature: semisolid forming, laser forming
- Electro magnetic forming
- Thermo-mechanical processing
- Rapid prototyping (Additive manufacturing)
- New processes
Mechanics & Modeling
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- Analytical & numerical methods
- Experimental methods
- Statistical methods
- Multiscale modeling
- Constitutive Modeling
- Micro mechanics
- Polycrystal plasticity
- Material testing
- Formability, damage and failure
- Material characterization
Process Area
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- Optimization of process and product quality
- Tools and dies
- Tribology, wear, coating
- Economy and ecology in forming
- Process control