Metal Forming Analysis
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Metal Forming Analysis Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Metal Forming Analysis (subject code 2171913) as prescribed for Mechanical Engineering · Semester 7 divides the course into 7 units, covering 33 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2171913)Unit 1 Introduction to hot forming, cold forming, warm forming its
- advantages and disadvantages Typical stress strain diagram for ductile materials Forming properties of metals and alloys (yield strength/flow stress
- strain hardening
- strain rate sensitivity
- effect of temperature and hydrostatic pressure on yield strength) Classification of forming processes and advantages of metal forming
Unit 2 Stress of stress at a point, stresses on an inclined plane, Principal
- Two dimensional Mohr’s circle for stress analysis
- Deformation and strain
- Stress of strain at a point
Unit 3 Yield conditions, Von Mises’ hypothesis of yielding, Tresca’s
- hypothesis of yielding
- graphical representation of yield criteria
- Elastic stress strain relations for isotropic elastic materials
- Idealized stress strain relations in plastic deformations
- Isotropic and kinematic work hardening
Unit 4 Introduction to; (i). Theory of slip lines, (ii). upper bound theorem
- and (iii). lower bound theorem
Unit 5 FORGING processes
- classification of forging
- forging machines
- metal flow in forging
- Analysis of plane strain compression
- analysis of compression of circular disc with slab method
Unit 6 EXTRUSION Processes
- calculation of extrusion load using slab method
- slip line method & upper bound method
- Defects in extrusion
- Direct & indirect extrusion
- WIRE DRAWING Processes: Introduction
- maximum possible reduction
- Wire drawing load calculation using slab method
Unit 7 ROLLING Processes
- types of mill
- Analysis of longitudinal strip or sheet rolling process (calculation of roll separating force
- torque & power
- angle of bite
- maximum reduction in rolling)
- rolling defects
- roll flattening
- roll camber