Experimental Investigation and Numerical Simulation of the Deformation Behavior of Steels
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Computation and Simulation on Metals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 3634
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Understanding the mechanisms that act during hot deformation is essential to design and optimize thermomechanical processing. Mechanisms such as work hardening, recovery, and recrystallization have been studied and continue to be the subject of research on single-phase and two-phase steels. The influence of deformation conditions on mechanisms can be outlined using processing maps.
Fundamental research is usually conducted by varying one parameter while keeping the others at a constant. However, in actual processing, all parameters may vary simultaneously. Thus, one potential approach is replicating processing in the laboratory scale through physical simulation or by digitalizing the industrial practice via numerical simulation. Both methods are the focus of research and can be used to improve the microstructure and properties of steels.
Recent advances in artificial intelligence engender realistic alternatives for thermomechanical processing analysis using techniques such as artificial neural networks (ANNs) and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems (ANFIs). ANNs can learn from examples and recognize paths in a series of input and output data without any prior knowledge of their nature and interrelations. Artificial intelligence creates space for themes such as the prediction of microstructure evolution and mechanical properties and the analysis and optimization of thermomechanical processing.
This Special Issue will publish works that improve our understanding of deformation under hot working conditions and can contribute to improving industrial practices.
Prof. Dr. Oscar Balancin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Thermomechanical processing
- Hot deformation of metals and alloys
- Hot deformation of two-phase alloys
- Recrystallization
- Processing maps
- Numerical simulation
- Physical simulation
- Analysis and optimization of TMP
- Prediction of microstructure evolution
- Prediction of mechanical properties
