Offers a representative snapshot of modelling activities as applied to processes involving extrusion. This collection 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.

CommitteesPreface I. Extrusion BenchmarkExtrusion Benchmark 2007 – Benchmark Experiments: Study on Material Flow Extrusion of a Flat DieII. KeynotesModifications of the Extrusion Process of Magnesium Alloys for Improved Mechanical PropertiesExperimental Techniques to Characterize Large Plastic Deformations in Unlubricated Hot Aluminum ExtrusionInnovative Methodologies for the Simulation of Static Recrystallisation during the Solution Soaking Process of Shape ExtrusionIII. Material Flow and Constitutive EquationsFlow Front Tracking in ALE/Eulerian Formulation FEM Simulations of Aluminium ExtrusionNumerical Optimization of Bearing Length in Composite Extrusion ProcessesRecent Developments in the Manufacture of Complex Components by Influencing the Material Flow during ExtrusionFE Simulation of Extrusion to Produce a Thin-Walled Wide Profile through a Spreading Pocket DieAluminum Rod Extrusion and Material ModelingHot Workability and Constitutive Equations of ZM21 Magnesium AlloyConstitutive Models for AZ31 Magnesium Alloys IV. MicrostructureInsights to Extrusion from Finite Element ModelingStudy on Thixo-Extrusion of Semi-Solid Wrought Magnesium AlloyMicrostructure Prediction of Hot-Deformed Aluminium AlloysApplication of Adaptive Mesh and ALE Method in Simulation of Extrusion of Aluminum AlloysV. Seam Welds and Process OptimizationSeam Welds Modeling and Mechanical Properties Prediction in the Extrusion of AA6082 AlloyA Laboratory Scale Equipment to Relieve Force and Pressure in Cold Extrusion of Lead Hollow ComponentsAnalysis of Metal Flow through a Porthole Die to Produce a Rectangular Hollow Profile with Longitudinal Weld SeamsSimulation-Based Design of Ram Speed Profile for Isothermal ExtrusionInput Parameters Determination for Predicting Ram Speed and Billet Temperature for the First BilletVI. Dies and ToolsCreep and Fatigue Damage in Hot Work Tools Steels during Copper and Aluminium ExtrusionMicroscopic Examination of the Fracture Surfaces of an H 13 Hot Extrusion Die due to Failure at the Initial Usage StageSimulation of Direct Extrusion Process and Optimal Design of Technological Parameters Using FEM and Artificial Neural NetworkNumerical Simulation of Combined Forward-Backward ExtrusionMechanical Solutions for Hot Forward Extrusion under Plane Strain Conditions by upper Bound MethodDifferent Possibilities of Process Analysis in Cold ExtrusionA New Low Friction Die Design for Equal Channel Angular ExtrusionModeling Approach for Determination of Backward Extrusion Strain Energy on AlCu5PbBi