Handbook of Workability and Process Design

This book describes the underlying concepts and practical methods for effective design, evaluation, and optimization of bulk working operations such as forging, rolling, and extrusion. The Handbook of Workability and Process Design includes updated content from a previous ASM publication (Workability Testing Techniques, 1984) as well as substantial new coverage in the areas of process design, numerical simulation, and computer-based modeling of testing and processing conditions. This handbook is an update and expansion in scope of the book Workability Testing Techniques, which was published by the American Society for Metals in 1984. The present book reflects the use of FEM analysis for process design. It provides practical workability testing techniques that can be used by inexperienced practitioners. Coverage encompasses bulk workability of metals, the evolution of microstructure during hot working, cold upset testing, hot compression testing, torsion testing to assess bulk workability, and thermomechanical testing. Other topics include workability in forging, modeling techniques in forming processes, and optimal design of thermomechanical processes. Editor information is not given. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Text is an update and expansion of a previous publication, 'Workability Testing Techniques,' published by the American Society for Metals, c1984. Includes contributions describing various workability tests. For practitioners. Metals--Formability--Testing.