Modeling of Thermo-Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Processes
Subtitle: Applications in Metal Forming and Resistance Welding
By: by C. V. Nielsen, W. Zhang, L. M. Alves, N. Bay, P. A. F. Martins
Contributors: Zhang, W.; Alves, L. M.; Bay, N.; Martins, P. A. F.; SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
Publisher: Springer London; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781447146438
Subjects: Engineering; Materials; Heat and Mass Transfer Engineering Thermodynamics; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Machinery
Description: <p><i>Modeling of Thermo-Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Processes with Applications in Metal Forming and Resistance Welding </i>provides readers with a basic understanding of the fundamental ingredients in plasticity, heat transfer and electricity that are necessary to develop and proper utilize computer programs based on the finite element flow formulation.</p><p> </p><p>Computer implementation of a wide range of theoretical and numerical subjects related to mesh generation, contact algorithms, elasticity, anisotropic constitutive equations, solution procedures and parallelization of equation solvers is comprehensively described.</p><p> </p><p>Illustrated and enriched with selected examples obtained from industrial applications,<i> Modeling of Thermo-Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Processes with Applications in Metal Forming and Resistance Welding </i>works to diminish the gap between the developers of finite element computer programs and the professional engineers with expertise in industrial joining technologies by metal forming and resistance welding.</p><p>
Table of contents: title: 1.Introduction; title: 2.Finite Element Formulations; title: 3.Coupled Finite Element Flow Formulation; title: 4.Contact Modeling; title: 5.Meshing and Remeshing; title: 6.Parallelization of Equation Solvers; title: 7.Material, Friction and Contact Characterization; title: 8.Applications; title: App A.