Contents :- Preface - Chapter 1: Metal Forming Processes in Manufacturing - Chapter 2: Forging Processes: Variables and Descriptions - Chapter 3: Plastic Deformation: Strain and Strain Rate - Chapter 4: Flow Stress and Forgeability - Chapter 5: Plastic Deformation: Complex State of Stress and Flow Rules - Chapter 6: Temperature and Heat Transfer - Chapter 7: Friction and Lubrication - Chapter 8: Inverse Analysis for Simultaneous Determination of Flow Stress and Friction - Chapter 9: Methods of Analysis for Forging Operations - Chapter 10: Principles of Forging Machines - Chapter 11: Presses and Hammers for Cold and Hot Forging - Chapter 12: Special Machines for Forging - Chapter 13: Billet Separation and Shearing - Chapter 14: Process Design in Impression-Die Forging - Chapter 15: A Simplified Method to Estimate Forging Load in Impression-Die Forging - Chapter 16: Process Modeling in Impression-Die Forging Using Finite-Element Analysis - Chapter 17: Cold and Warm Forging - Chapter 18: Process Modeling in Cold Forging Using Finite-Element Analysis - Chapter 19: Microstructure Modeling in Superalloy Forging - Chapter 20: Isothermal and Hot-Die Forging - Chapter 21: Die Materials and Die Manufacturing - Chapter 22: Die Failures in Cold and Hot Forging - Chapter 23: Near-Net Shape Forging and New Developments - Index