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Dae-Cheol Ko 1 and Jianguo Lin 2 and Jun Yanagimoto 3 and Woo-Jin Song 4
1, Industrial Liaison Innovation Center, Pusan National University, Busan 609735, Republic of Korea
2, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
3, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 1538505, Japan
4, ERC of Innovative Technology on Advanced Forming, Pusan National University, Busan 609735, Republic of Korea
Received 9 June 2014; Accepted 9 June 2014; 3 July 2014
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The use of lightweight component is inevitable issue for the protection of global environment. Transportation vehicle with the lightweight component can reduce the emission gas and increase fuel efficiency. First of all, the advanced forming technology is extremely important to fabricate the lightweight component. Knowledge and understanding of this advanced forming technology can lead to the development of the ultralightweight vehicle and, furthermore, can play an important role in fostering the ecofriendly global world.
The main objective of this special issue is to collect original research articles as well as review articles that stimulate the continuing efforts to understand the theoretical methodology and the numerical analysis on the advanced forming process and its actual experiment and application, a new insight into the formation of the lightweight component, advanced numerical simulation approach, and state-of-the-art technology in the formation of lightweight component using ultrahigh strength steel, aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, composites, and so forth.
In this special issue, the editors received 30 manuscripts on various topics of...