Advanced methods in materials processing defects

Damage Modeling . On the dynamic cavitation in solids (L. Badea, M. Predeleanu). A ductile damage model including shear stress effect (J.C. Boyer, C. Staub). A mesoscopic approach of ductile damage during cold forming processes (G. Brethenoux et al). A fully coupled elasto-plastic damage theory for anisotropic materials (J.F. Charles et al. Mathematical modelling of dynamical deforming and combined microfracture of damageable thermoelastoviscoplastic medium (A.B. Kiselev). A mathematical model for the formation and development of defects in metals (V.L. Kolmogorov, V.P. Fedotov, L.F. Spevak). Healing of metal microdefects after cold deformation (V.L. Kolmogorov, S.V. Smirnov). Damage Evaluation and Rupture . The influence of critical defect size in a ceramic of alumina elaborated by process sol-gel route (N.A. Almeida Camargo, M. Murat, E. Bittencourt). Defect evolution during machining of brittle materials (A. Chandra et al). Modeling the influence of gradients in strength on the evolution of damage in metals (P.R. Dawson, D.J. Bammann, D.A. Mosher). On the fracturing of brittle solids with microstructure (I.St. Doltsinis). Fracture prediction of sheet-metal blanking process (R. Hambli et al). Elastic-plastic finite-element modelling of metal forming with damage evolution (P. Hartley et al). Processing of zinc oxide varistors: sources of defects and possible measures for their elimination (A.N.M. Karim, S. Begum, M.S.J. Hashmi). Analysis of metallic solid fractures by quasimolecular dynamics (Y.S. Kim, J.Y. Park). Damage framework for the prediction of material defects: identification of the damage material parameters by inverse technique (F. Lauro et al). Damage influence in the finite element computations for large strains elastoplastic mechanical structures (P. Picart, G. Piechel, J. Oudin). Microplasticity and tensile damage in Ti-15V-3Cr-3A1-3Sn alloy and Ti-15V-3Cr-3A1-3Sn/SiC composite (W.O. Soboyejo et al). Strain Localization and Instability Analysis . Defects in hydraulic bulge forming of tubular components and their implication for design and control of the process (M. Ahmed, M.S.J. Hashmi). Numerical and experimental analysis of necking in 3D sheet forming processes using damage variable (M. Brunet, S. Mguil-Touchal, F. Morestin). Localization of deformation in thin shells with application to the analysis of necking in sheet metal forming (J.C. Gelin, N. Boudeau). Microcrack induced bifurcation of stress-strain relations for sintered materials (D.G. Karr, S.A. Wimmer). Instability analysis for ellipsoidal bulging of sheet metal (D.W.A. Rees). Formability Characterization . Compression of a block between cylindrical dies and its application to the workability diagram (S. Alexandrov, N. Chikanova, D. Vilotic). Sheet metal formability predicted by using the new (1993) Hill's yield criterion (D. Banabic). Characterization of the formability for aluminum alloy and steel sheets (F. Barlat et al.