NUMISHEET 2018: 11th International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulation of 3D Sheet Metal Forming Processes

Abstract

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PREFACE

The establishment of trial-and-error-less manufacturing enhanced by forming simulations has been strongly desired in industry to shorten the product development period and reduce costs for developing manufacturing systems. Improvement of the predictive accuracy for defect formation, such as fracture and springback, in sheet metal forming is a key to realize trial-and-error-less manufacturing. Amid such numerical technology advancement, the NUMISHEET conference has been established as a world-class forum ever since 1989, through which new ideas and technologies in the area of sheet metal forming simulation are exchanged: Zurich (Switzerland, 1991), Isehara (Japan, 1993), Dearborn (USA, 1996), Besancon (France, 1999), Jeju Island (Korea, 2002), Detroit (USA, 2005), Interlaken (Switzerland, 2008), Seoul (Korea, 2011), Melbourne (Australia, 2014), and Bristol (United Kingdom, 2016).

The 11th conference, NUMISHEET 2018, is held in Tokyo, Japan. It is our pleasure to invite you all, scientists and engineers including software developers and industrial users as well as students, to participate in the event to promote exchanges of valuable experiences and new ideas on numerical methods, material modeling and testing as well as forming technologies. The conference features plenary, keynote, and technical sessions and mini-symposiums in diverse sheet metal forming areas including hot stamping, forming of HCP metals, joining and welding, locally acting sheet manufacturing processes, springback, elasticity and time effects in forming, and friction and wear, as well as advanced material modeling (including crystal plasticity/multi-scaling), and advanced material testing for enhancing the accuracy of forming simulations.