Recent development in the mechanics of superplasticity and its applications

This paper reviews the recent developments in the mechanics of superplasticity and its applications in industrial practice. After introducing the phenomena of superplasticity, the basic experiments for determining material deformation behavior and related parameters, and constructing superplastic constitutive equations, are reviewed. Finite element related formulations and techniques for simulating superplastic forming are discussed, together with some practical applications. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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