Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 13th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Engineering Plasticity and its Applications (AEPA2016), December 4-8, 2016, Hiroshima, Japan

Classical plasticity is a well established domain of mechanics and engineering, providing the basis for many engineering structural design, manufacturing processes and natural phenomena. New important characteristics are emerging in the interdisciplinary approach of micro-, meso- and macro-mechanics, and through analysis, experiments and computation.The interaction of mechanics and materials scientists is introducing tremendous changes in the two disciplines, so that the possibility of materials being processed on the microscale to achieve the desired macroscopic properties is rapidly approaching.A comprehensive overview on the latest developments in both macroplasticity and microplasticity theories, their interactions and applications in various engineering disciplines such as solid mechanics, structural analysis and geo-mechanics, materials science and technology, and metal forming and machining, is given in this volume. Case studies written by international experts focus on aspects such as the applications of plasticity in interdisciplinary and non-conventional areas. The 150 papers provide a current and useful reference source on the latest advances for both research workers and engineers in the various fields of plasticity.

The collection of scientific papers by results of 13-th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Engineering Plasticity and Its Applications (AEPA2016, December 4-8, 2016, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Japan) highlights basic moments of modern achievements in the field of study and of the practical use of the plastic properties and other mechanical properties of various structure materials for the purposes of modern mechanical engineering. We hope this collection will be useful for many scientists and engineers whose activities is related with modern engineering materials and their processing. Steel, Alloys, Plasticity, Strength, Crystalization, Damage, Fatique Properties, Processing, Forming Materials Science.

AEPA '96 provides a forum for discussion on the state-of-art developments in plasticity. An emphasis is placed on the close interaction of the theories from macroplasticity, mesoplasticity and microplasticity together with their applications in various engineering disciplines such as solid mechanics, metal forming, structural analysis, geo-mechanics and micromechanics. These proceedings include over 140 papers from the conference including case studies showing applications of plasticity in inter-disciplinary or nonconventional areas.

This edition includes the selected papers in the area of engineering plasticity, which were presented at the 14th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Engineering Plasticity and its Applications (AEPA 2018) was held on Jeju Island, Korea during December 2-7, 2018.

An all-in-one guide to the theory and applications of plasticity in metal forming, featuring examples from the automobile and aerospace industries Provides a solid grounding in plasticity fundamentals and material properties Features models, theorems and analysis of processes and relationships related to plasticity, supported by extensive experimental data Offers a detailed discussion of recent advances and applications in metal forming

The aim is to introduce recent advances in engineering plasticity and its applications. The scope covers a wide range of topics on metals, rock soil, rubber, ceramics, polymers, composites, etc., which are involved in engineering plasticity. The papers represent a diverse nature of engineering plasticity and its application, which include constitutive modeling, damage, fracture, fatigue and failure, crash dynamics, structural plasticity, multi-scale plasticity, crystal plasticity, etc.