Finite element simulations of thixoforging by using a micro-macro constitutive equation and comparison with experiments

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 907, Issue , 2007, Pages 1149-1154

  Cezard P ^a   Favier, V ^b   Bigot, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VERLAINE METZ   (France)

Author keywords

Finite element simulations; Micro macro modelling; Thixoforming of steel

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248217058     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2729669     Document Type: Conference Paper

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