Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 27 (1991) 313-314 Elsevier Contents Preface Session 1. Perspectives Mechanics of plastic deformation in metal forming processes: Experimental and numerical methods A.H. Shabaik (Los Angeles, CA, USA) Capabilities and applications of FEM code DEFORM: The perspective of the developer S.I. Oh, W.T. Wu, J.P. Tang and A. Vedhanayagam (Columbus, OH, USA) Application of finite element method in forging: An industry perspective J. Walters (Houston, TX, USA) Session 2. Fundamental Aspects Composite finite elements for rigid—plastic analysis T. Aizawa and J. Kihara (Tokyo, Japan) Automatic remeshing in finite element simulation of metal forming processes by guide grid method J.S. Park and S.M. Hwang (Pohang, Korea) Session 3. Forging Analysis Application of numerical methods for the aluminum casting/forging process S. Fujikawa, Y. Kitamura and S. Shimamura (Yokohama, Japan ) Finite element modelling of forming processes of solid metal with liquid phase K. Mori, K. Osakada and M. Shiomi (Osaka, Japan) Three-dimensional finite element modelling of the forging process with automatic remeshing T. Coupez, N. Soyris and J.-L. Chenot (Valbonne, France ) Session 4. Semi-Finishing Analysis of rotor shaft forging by rigid-plastic finite element method Y. Mitani, V. Mendoza (Mexico City, Mexico) and K. Osakada (Osaka, Japan ) Investigation of ring rolling by pseudo plane-strain FEM analysis T.C. Tszeng and T. Altan (Columbus, OH, USA) Roll pass evaluation for hot shape rolling processes P. Xin, T. Aizawa and J. Kihara (Tokyo, Japan) Simulation of a tube drawing process by the finite element method K. Sawamiphakdi, G.D. Lahoti and P.K. Kropp (Canton, OH, USA) Session 5. Cold Forging Elastic-plastic FEM analysis of the heading process and the die-forging process of a gear 314 blank M. Gotoh and Y. Shibata (Gifu, Japan) Process sequence design in a heading process B.-S. Kang (Pusan, Korea) The influence of die geometry on cold extrusion forging operations: FEM and experimental results G. Maccarini, C. Giardini, G. Pellegrini and A. Bugini (Brescia, Italy) Application of an elasto-plastic finite-element code to the simulation of metal forming processes K. Lange, M. Herrmann, P. Keck and M. Wilhelm (Stuttgart, Germany) Session 6. Sheet Forming Investigations on the sheet bending process with elastic tools M. Geiger, U. Engel and A. vom Ende (Erlangen, Germany ) Comparisons of elastic-plastic and rigid-plastic implicit FEM simulations in sheet forming applications M.J. Saran (Columbus, OH, USA) Finite element simulation of deep drawing of stainless steel sheet with deformation-induced transformation K. Shinagawa, K. Mori and K. Osakada (Osaka, Japan) Author Index