Papers Sought for Special Journal Issue

Papers Sought for Special Journal Issue Papers Sought for Special Journal Issue Papers Sought for Special Journal IssueThe ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (JMSE) is currently accepting technical papers for a special issue focusing on the forming and joining of lightweight and multi-material systems. The deadline for submitting a paper for the issue is Dec. 1.With the special issue of JSME, the journals editors aim to assemble a collection of technical papers that will enhance the understanding of material deformation processes expand the lightweight material forming and multi-material joining processes and modeling capability promote research and development activities on forming and joining new materials and disseminate RD related to new forming and joining technologies at length scales varying from micro- to macro-scale. In addition, the publication will address recent advances in cold, thermisch and hot lightweight material forming processes, incl uding deep drawing, hydroforming, stretch forming, extrusion, rolling, forging, explosive forming, superplastic forming, laser forming, and novel forming processes for materials. It will also encompass joining processes for multi-material systems, such as aluminum to high strength steel aluminum to high strength aluminum magnesium to steel and aluminum to composites.The issues guest editors, who will review the submissions, are seeking papers covering a number of topics, including computational methods in the modeling and designing of forming and joining processes new and emerging forming and joining technologies special concerns associated with the forming of lightweight materials, including titanium, magnesium, aluminum and advanced high-strength steel fracture and failure anisotropic yield functions and constitutive modeling tribology microstructure evolution and characterization in forming and joining processes joining of dissimilar materials and forming and joining of composites. JMSE Forming and Joining of Lightweight and Multi-material Systems, which will be edited by Dr. Y. Lawrence Yao of Columbia University, is scheduled to be published in October 2015. If you are interested in submitting a paper for the issue, visit http//journaltool.asme.org.