Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). These proceedings comprise 139 papers presented at the 6th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Engineering Plasticity and Its Applications (AEPA2002), held from the 2nd to the 6th of December 2002 at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents:
Preface Modelling of Beam-on-Beam Collisions Discrete Dislocation Plasticity Applications of a Phenomenological Plasticity Model with Non-Normality Effects Numerical Modelling of Large-Strain Phenomena in Polycrystalline Solids A Model of Large-Strain Cyclic Plasticity and its Application to Springback Simulation Brittle-Ductile Transitions in Machining The Theory of Frictional, Elastic/Plastic Materials A Phenomenological Constitutive Model for Ferromagnetic Materials Based on Rate-Independent Flow Theory Unified Constitutive Model Considering Equivalence of Back Stress Due to Plastic and Viscoplastic Deformation Constitutive Equation of Piezoelectric Ceramics Taking into Account Damage Development An Expression of Plastic Anisotropy in Large Strain Range Constitutive Modeling of Drawing and Extrusion with Cyclic Torsion Constitutive Modeling and Material Instability Fracture of Type 5083 Aluminum Sheet under Warm Stretch Bending Modeling Brittle Damage Evolution in Forging/Extrusion Die Stress Field and Deformation around a Crack Tip Evaluated by Infrared Thermography and Fracture Strength of Welded Mild Steel Plates Deformation and Fracture Characteristics of Electron Beam Welded High Tensile Steel ­ Mild Steel Plates Inclusions and Fracture in Submerged Arc Welds of Carbon-Manganese Pressure Vessel Steels Development of a Mesoscopic Cell Modeling the Damage Process in Steel at Elevated Temperature Failure of Heat Exchanger Tubes Due to Localized Damage Adaptive Delaunay Meshing Technique for Fracture Mechanics Problems An Elastoplastic Damage Model for Unsaturated Rock and Concrete FE-Meshless Coupling Method for 2D Crack Propagation Rate-Dependent Shear Deformation of Ductile Acrylic Adhesive and its Constitutive Modeling Dynamic Strength and Strain Rate Sensitivity of 37 wt% Pb 63 wt% Sn Eutectic Solders Plasticity of Steel under Explosive Loading and the Effect on Cylindrical Shell Fragmentation A Numerical Simulation of Axial Crushing of Tubular Strengthening Structures with Various Hat-Shaped Cross-Sections of Various Materials Technical Advantages of Hot Dynamic Compaction of Powders for Consolidating Diamond and Related Material Powders Extended Rate-Dependent Subloading Surface Model Numerical Study of Dynamic Buckling of Steel Columns Subjected to Underground Explosion Elastic-Plastic Dynamic Response and Buckling of Steel Columns under Strong Vertical Ground Motion A Study of Inertia Effects under Impact Loading Failure Analysis of Plastic Thin Spherical Shells under Local Impact Experimental Investigation of the Second Critical Velocity of Dynamic Buckling of a Cylindrical Shell under Axial Impact On the Characteristics of Energy Absorption Control in Thin-Walled Members for the Use of Vehicular Structures Energy Absorption Characteristics of CFRP Composite Tubes under Axial Compression Load Energy Absorbing Capacity of Shock Absorbers Combining Rubber and Steel Pipes Reusable Collapsible Impact Energy Absorber Study of Loading Capacity and Energy Absorption Behaviours of W-Beam under Impact Loads Multiaxial Proportional and Non-Proportional Cyclic Behaviour of 40H Steel and PA6 Aluminium Alloy Cyclic Plasticity of Precipitation-Hardenable Stainless Steel Effect of Plasticity Mismatch on Fatigue Crack Growth in Bimetallic Materials Investigation of Cyclic Elasto-Plastic Behavior of Copper Sheet Spatial Free Plastic Forming of Slender Parts - Finite Numerical Approach An Investigation into the Influence of Deformable Dies on the Springback of Circular Plates Prediction of Springback in Anisotropic Sheet Metals Based on an Asymmetrical Non-Quadratic Yield Function Study of Hydrostatic Extrusion Processes with Extra-High Extrusion Ratio FE-Simulations of T-Shape Tube Hydroforming Indirect Extrusion with Active Friction (ISA) Numerical Simulation of Sheet Metal Blanking Predicting the Shape of the Cut Edge Inverse Finite Element Analysis of S-Rail Forming with a Direct Mesh Mapping Method for Crash Analysis Considering Forming Effects A Rigid-Plastic Meshless Method for Forming Simulations A Numerical Study of Double Stage Extrusion of a Circular Bar Deep Drawing of Nickel Foil and Stainless Steel Foil Study of Asymmetrical Cold-and-Hot Rolling of Three-Layer Bounded Clad Sheet Finite Element Analysis for the Milli-Forming of Crystalline Materials with Damage An Elasto-Plastic Finite Element Analysis of the Axisymmetrical Tube-Nosing Process with a Conical Tool Warm Forging of a Bevel Gear - On the Lubricating Characteristics of Lubricants Analysis of Multi-Pass Wet Wire Drawing Process and Pass Redesign On Eccentric Spherical Forming of Metal Plate Using Underwater Shock Waves Prediction of Forming Limits for Voided Anisotropic Sheets Using Strain Gradient Dependent Yield Criterion Research on 19MnCr5G Steel under Hot Metal Forming Conditions Some Aspects of New Forming Process of Screw Spike New Aspects of Orbital Forming Technology A 3-D Finite Element Analysis of the Rolling of Thin Strip with Friction Variation FEM Simulation Study for Rapid Preforming of Axisymmetrical Forging by Differential Heating Modelling of Friction Variation in Slab Edging with a Finite Element Approach A Novel Rolling-Annealing Cycle for Enhanced Deep Drawing Properties in IF Steels Experimental Study of the Effects of a Change of Tool Geometry on Blanked Edges of Fine-Blanked Parts Basic Research on Cold and Warm Forging of Microparts Effect of Process Parameters on Tubular Hydroformability Workability in Rolling and Upsetting of Cast Chromium Prediction of Tool-Chip Interface Friction and Chip-Groove Effects in Machining with Restricted Contact Grooved Tools Using the Universal Slip-Line Model Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulation of Ultrahigh Velocity Abrasive Waterjet Evaluation of Machinability under Various Cutting Conditions in High-Speed Machining Using Ball Nose-End Mills - Effects of Cutter Orientation and Cutting Environments Investigation of Chip Formation Mechanism and Surface Integrity in High Speed Milling Titanium Alloy Theoretical and Experimental Research on Generation Mechanism of Grinding Wheel Topography by Laser Dressing and 3D Laser Scanning Studies of Adhesion and Roughness of Diamond Coated Drills and Influence on Cutting Performance CBN Quill Grinding for 2-Dimensional Curved Surface The Evolution of the Cube, Rotated Cube and Goss Recrystallization Textures in Rolled Copper and Cu-Mn Alloys Micro-Morphology Generation in In-Vessel and Twin-Roll Castings under Magnetic Excitation by the Cellular Automaton Approach Observation of the Tensile Deformation Behavior of Polycrystalline Titanium with the Scanning Probe Microscope Orientation Change Measured by the EBSD Method and the Plastic Deformation of Grains in Polycrystalline Copper Analysis of Plastic Deformation with Crystal Slips Using Rigid-Plastic FEM Experimental Research on Deformation of Ti-Ni SMA under Complex Loading Conditions Experimental Research on Two-Way Shape Memory Effect of Cu-Based SMA Polycrystal Surface Roughening and Microscopic Inhomogeneous Deformation of Polycrystalline Metal during Plastic Torsion Texture Evolution during Deep Drawing of Mo Sheet An Investigation into the Formation of Microbands and Shear Bands in IF Steel Effects of Pressing Temperature and Initial Microstructure on the Equal Channel Angular Pressing of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Criteria for Plastic Deformation and Crack Initiation in Monocrystalline Silicon Molecular Dynamics Study of Interface Generated between Atomic Clusters Equivalent Continuum for Discrete Molecular Dynamic Systems A Stress Criterion for the ß-Sn Transformation in Silicon under Indentation and Uniaxial Compression Effect of Water on the Mechanical Response of Monocrystalline Silicon to Repeated Micro-Indentation Atomistic Deformation of Silicon under Triaxial Stresses Constitutive Modelling of Multi-Phase Transformation of Silicon under Nano-Scale Deformation Assessment of Geometrical Orientation of Martensitic Particles in TRIP Steel by Fourier and Wavelet Transformation Image Analysis Finite Element Analysis of Transformation Behavior of an Fe-Based Shape Memory Alloy Microstructure Transformation, Precipitation and Mechanical Properties of Nb Micro-Alloyed Shipbuilding Steel Plate EH36 Subjected TMCP Modeling of Phase Transformation in a Transversely Isotropic SMA Rod The Role of Carbon in the Phase Stability of 3Y-TZP at Low Temperatures Thermal Stability and Phase Transformation of the Hot-Rolled TRIP Steels Exposed to Coiling Temperatures of 350 to 500 C Deformation-Induced Martensitic Transformation under Various Deformation Modes Characterization of Micro-To Macroscopic Deformation Behavior of Amorphous Polymer Fabrication of SiCp/Al Composite Billets by Horizontal Continuous Casting and their Mechanical Properties Micro-Forming of PMMA for Optical Components In-Plane Elastic-Viscoplastic Behavior of Long Fiber-Reinforced Laminates: Analysis Based upon Homogenization Theory Thixoforging Process for Development of Composites Cylinder Linear and their Mechanical Properties Finite Element Analysis of Forming Flow Stability in Thermoplastic Composite Sheet Forming Plastic Limit Analysis of Defective Pipelines under Complex Loads Deformation Behavior of Nanocrystalline Zn-22wt%Al Alloy Using Thermomechanical Controlling Process Rubbing Contact between Rotating Blade and Casing Plate, Part 1 – Experimental Study A Tube under Transverse Loading – FEM and Experiment Collapse Analysis of Auto-Body Structures Considering the Effect of Fabrication Prediction of Hot Strength of Steels with Advanced Models Finite Element Model Satisfying Zero Volume Flow Rate Leaking from the Surface of Stream-Tube in 3-Dimensional Steady State Analyses Mechanical Properties of Fine-Grained P/M Aluminum The Influence of Plasticity on the Local Buckling Behaviour of a Cylinder with Discrete Stringer Stiffeners Above Local Supports Deformation Behaviour of a Cylinder under Simultaneous Compression and Torsion The Influence of Non-Dissipative Quantities in Kinematic Hardening Plasticity Viscoplastic Deformation of Lead-Free Solder Alloy - Experiments and Simulations Viscoplastic Stress Analysis of Shrinkage and Warping in Graded Layers during Sintering Influence of Plastic Deformation of the Heat Affected Zone on the Mechanical Behaviour of Welds in High Strength Steels FEM Analysis of Elasto-Plastic Deformation and Anisotropy in Two Neighbouring Holes in Sheet Metal Life Assessment of Udimet 720Li Thin Diaphragm Disc Using a Viscoplastic Material Model Numerical Analysis of Residual Stresses Induced by Low Plasticity Burnishing An Investigation of the Influence of Pre-Strain on Material Properties of Sheet Brass Impact of Finish-Forging Temperature on Structure and Properties of Micro-Alloyed Steels Thermo-Mechanical Finite Element Model of Shell Behavior in the Continuous Casting of Steel In Situ Deformation Behavior Study during Uniaxial Tension of Aluminium Alloys Using a High Resolution EBSD Modeling Anisotropic Behaviour for Steel Sheets Using Different Yield Criteria Plastic Asymmetry and Anomaly of Iron Aluminides - An Internal Variable Approach Multi-Axial Deformation Behavior and its Constitutive Equations for Superplastic Materials Diffusion Bonding in Commercial Superplastic AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Sheets Experimental Study of the Superplasticity of Mg Alloy Cavitation of Superplastic AA5083 during Rapid Gas Forming Fabrication of Low Temperature Superplastic AZ91 Mg Alloys Using Simple High-Ratio Extrusion Method Phase Evolution and Mechanical Behaviour of Super a2 Ti3Al Base Alloys during Superplastic Deformation at Lower Temperatures of 700-900°C