Energy Field-Assisted Metal Forming
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 1203
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy field-assisted forming technique; multi-field coupled simulation
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: preparation, processing, and precision plastic forming of high-performance metallic material
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal forming is an important area in the field of modern engineering. By processing metallic materials, the shape, microstructure, and comprehensive properties of the material can be altered, enabling it to be more suitable for different engineering applications. Therefore, studying the forming of metals provides important guidance for the design and manufacturing of new high-performance integral components.
The ever-increasingly critical manufacturing requirements include high precision, low cost, a high material utilization rate, good manufacturability, and a high demand of product services and performance aspects, such as high performance, lightweight design, lower energy consumption, good levels of sustainability, and low carbon emissions. These requirements elucidate the urgent demand for the re-innovation of traditional metal forming techniques today.
The recent thriving energy field-assisted forming technique, which allows external energy fields, comprising magnetic field, electric current, laser, ultrasonic vibration, etc., to act on the metallic pieces and to activate unregular multi-scale effects during the plastic deformation process, has been found to be a promising methodology in driving directional microstructure evolution, improving the formability, repairing the damage, and reducing the forming load and residual stress for various metallic materials. Thus, promoting technical progress and rejuvenating traditional forming technologies holds great potential.
This Special Issue focuses on the energy field-assisted forming processes of metallic materials, including, but not limited to, the energy effect of materials, electrically assisted forming, ultrasonic vibration-assisted forming, electromagnetic forming, energy-assisted treatments such as electromagnetic shocking and coupled electromagnetic treatment, and the microstructure and property changes of materials during these processes. Research contributions and review articles highlighting recent progress in these fields are all welcome.
Dr. Siliang Yan
Dr. Tao Huang
Dr. Miao Meng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy field-assisted forming
- advanced metallic materials
- multi-scale effect of energy field
- high-performance complex component
- forming limit
- forming defects
- multi-field coupled through-process simulation
- integrated manufacture of shape and performance
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