Table of Contents

1 Introduction. Elements of Crystal Plasticity.- 3 Formability Testing.- 4 Anisotropy of Sheet Metal.- 5 Forming Limits of Sheet Metal.- 6 Workpiece Properties after Metal Forming.- 7 Simulation of Metal Forming.- Appendix 1: Tables.- K. Pöhlandt.- A.1.1 Standards for Formability Testing.- A.1.2 Comparative Designations of Materials.- A.1.3 Mechanical Properties of Selected Steels.- A.1.4 Conversion Factors of Units.- Appendix 2: Flow Curves of Common Metals.- K. Pöhlandt.- A.2.1 Experimentally Determined Flow Curves.- A.2.2 Analytical Approximation.- References to Appendix 2.- Appendix 3: Theoretical Models of the FLD’s.- D. Banabic.- A.3.1 Models Based on the Necking Theory.- A.3.2 Models Based on the Theory of Sheet-Nonhomogeneity.- A.3.3 Linear Perturbation Theory.- A.3.4 Semiempirical Models.- References to Appendix 3.