Thixoforming : semi-solid metal processing / edited by Gerhard Hirt and Reiner Kopp

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents 1 Semi-solid Forming of Aluminium and Steel - Introduction and Overview / Gerhard Hirt, Liudmila Khizhnyakova, Rene Baadjou, Frederik Knauf, Reiner Kopp Pt. 1 Material Fundamentals of Metal Forming in the Semi-solid State 2 Metallurgical Aspects of SSM Processing / Peter J. Uggowitzer, Dirk I. Uhlenhaut 3 Material Aspects of Steel Thixoforming / Wolfgang Bleck, Sebastian Dziallach, Heike Meuser, Wolfgang Puttgen, Peter J. Uggowitzer 4 Design of AI and AI-Li Alloys for Thixoforming / Bernd Friedrich, Alexander Arnold, Roger Sauermann, Tony Noll 5 Thermochemical Simulation of Phase Formation / Bengt Hallstedt, Jochen M. Schneider Pt. 2 Modelling the Flow Behaviour of Semi-solid Metal Alloys 6 Modelling the Flow Behaviour of Semi-solid Metal Alloys / Michael Modigell, Lars Pape, Ksenija Vasilic, Markus Hufschmidt, Gerhard Hirt, Hideki Shimahara, Rene Baadjou, Andreas Buhrig-Palaczek, Carsten Afrath, Reiner Kapp, Mahmoud Ahmadein, Matthias Bunck 7 A Physical and Micromechanical Model for Semi-solid Behaviour / Veronique Favier, Regis Bigot, Pierre Cezard Pt. 3 Tool Technologies for Forming of Semi-solid Metals 8 Tool Technologies for Forming of Semi-solid Metals / Kirsten Bobzin, Erich Lugscheider, Jochen M. Schneider, Rainer Telle, Philipp Immich, David Hajas, Simon Munstermann Pt. 4 Forming of Semi-solid Metals 9 Rheocasting of Aluminium Alloys and Thixocasting of Steels / Matthias Bunck, Fabian Kuthe, Andreas Buhrig-Polaczek 10 Thixoforging and Rheoforging of Steel and Aluminium Alloys / Gerhard Hirt, Rene Baadjou, Frederik Knauf, Ingold Seidl, Hideki Shimahara, Dirk Abel, Reiner Kopp, Rainer Gasper, Alexander Schonbohm 11 Thixoextrusion / Frederik Knauf, Rene Baadjou, Gerhard Hirt, Reiner Kopp, Simon Munstermann, Rainer Telle Index