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Workability<br />

• Workability is concerned with the extent to which a material<br />

can be deformed in a specific metal working process without<br />

the formation <strong>of</strong> cracks.<br />

• Cracks which occur in metal<br />

working processes can be<br />

grouped into three broad<br />

categories:<br />

Dependence <strong>of</strong> forming limit <strong>of</strong><br />

mean normal stress σσσσ m.<br />

1. Cracks at a free surface<br />

2. Cracks that develop in a surface<br />

where interface friction is high<br />

3. Internal cracks.<br />

Examples <strong>of</strong> cracks in metalworking (a) free<br />

surface crack (b) surface crack from heavy die<br />

friction in extrusion, (c) centre burst or chevron<br />

cracks in a drawn rod.<br />

Suranaree University <strong>of</strong> Technology Tapany Udomphol<br />

Jan-Mar 2007

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