436-441 Advanced Metal Forming

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Students are expected to be familiar with the material of 436-324 Metal & Ceramic Forming Processes.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

On completion, students will be prepared for a career in the manufacturing industry with an in depth knowledge of methods used in the theory of plasticity and lubrication, will have developed a software package for a typical net-shape forming operation and understood the principles of designing tools for metal forming.

Topics covered include: principles and applications of plasticity theory. Analysis of metal forming processes such as heading, extrusion and forging. Friction in metal forming. Lubrication. Non-traditional methods of metal forming. High energy rate and high velocity forming. Applications of CAD/CAM. Experimental verification of forming parameters.

Assessment

One examination not exceeding three hours, CAD assignment, tutorial problem sheets and laboratory reports up to 5000 words. Students will be notified of the weighting of assessment components at the beginning of semester.