Microstructure Evolution in Metal Forming Processes

Jianguo Lin is Professor of Mechanics of Materials in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London, UK. Daniel Balint is a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London, UK. Maciej Pietrzyk is Professor of Metallurgy and Materials Science and Head of the Department of Applied Computational Science and Modelling at the AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland.

• Contributor contact detailsPart I: General principlesChapter 1: Understanding and controlling microstructural evolution in metal forming: an overviewChapter 2: Techniques for modelling microstructure in metal forming processesChapter 3: Modelling techniques for optimizing metal forming processesChapter 4: Recrystallisation and grain growth in hot working of steelsChapter 5: Severe plastic deformation for grain refinement and enhancement of propertiesPart II: Microstructure evolution in the processing of steelChapter 6: Modelling phase transformations in steelChapter 7: Determining unified constitutive equations for modelling hot forming of steelChapter 8: Modelling phase transformations in hot stamping and cold die quenching of steelsChapter 9: Modelling microstructure evolution and work hardening in conventional and ultrafine-grained microalloyed steelsPart III: Microstructure evolution in the processing of other metalsChapter 10: Aging behavior and microstructure evolution in the processing of aluminum alloysChapter 11: Microstructure control in creep–age forming of aluminium panelsChapter 12: Microstructure control in processing nickel, titanium and other special alloysIndex

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