SUUUpoRt course - Theory of Metal Forming

Students will be able to apply basic theoretical concepts of forming technology and transfer them to industrial problems, especially: thermodynamic and continuum mechanical description of forming processes, creation of phenomenological models for the description of forming and temperature temperature state corresponding models for the description of the material state and the essential boundary conditions for the forming zone.

Contents: After a compact introduction to the tensor notation and tensor calculation, the continuum mechanical description of the deformation state in a solid body is given for large deformations. The kinematic, kinetic and constitutive equations are derived for the 3D space. The material-specific equations focus on the plastic and elasto-plastic models. One focus is on flow conditions and hardening approaches for monotonic and cyclic loads. The basics of forming-relevant model concepts of contact mechanics and tribology are derived. The acquired knowledge is applied to typical examples from forming technology during the lectures.