Advances on Extrusion Technology and Simulation of Light Alloys (PDF)

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters BCI (WoS).This collection offers a fully representative snapshot of modelling activities as applied to processes involving extrusion. It covers a wide range of topics, grouped into the categories: benchmark, keynotes, material flow and constitutive equations, microstructure, seam welds and process optimization, dies and tools.The core intent of the collection was to exploit FEM code capabilities and expert-users' knowledge for the purpose of simulating an industrial extrusion process. This work is sure to inspire similar future studiesThese proceedings of the conference held in Salerno, Italy in April 2007 describe work in basic research, modeling and applications for advanced extrusion and related processes, including computer simulation of new materials such as light alloys. General topics include benchmarks, material flow and constitutive equations, microstructures, optimization, dies and tools. Other papers cover such specialties as new materials, including hard magnesium alloys, new products, composite profiles of new processes such as hot profile bending, and information about research and applications of semi-solid processing such as thixo-casting and thixo-molding. All papers include full references and the editors include materials from the keynote speeches and a full index.