JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY OF PLASTICITY vol.47 no.545 June 2006 ---CONTENTS--- Essay Essential Role of Technologists Yoshihiro YAMAGUCHI 1(425) Lectures Current Cutting Simulation and Case Study Yoshihiro OHNISHI 3(427) Applicability of Shave Joining Methods Takezo SASAKI and Yasuyoshi EGAMI 8(432) Preface At the Beginning of a New Series "Fundamentals of Mushy/Semi-Solid Processing" Editorial Committee 13(437) Lectures Present Status and Future of Mushy/Semi-Solid Processing Manabu KIUCHI 14(438) Reports Activities of JSTP in 2005 Akira AZUSHIMA 20(444) JSTP Awards Winners for 2006 Awarding Committee 22(446) 41st Ordinary General Assembly of JSTP The 41st Board of Directors 36(460) Papers Simplification of Drop Weight Method to Obtain Stress-Strain Characteristics Keiou NISHIMURA, Taku UENO, Naoki SATOH, Masayuki HIRANO,Daisuke CHIBA, Yuji HAKOYAMA and Yasuhisa SATO 93(517) Shape Recovery Characteristics under Constant Stress on FeMnSi-based Shape Memory Alloy Manabu WADA, Hisashi NAOI and Kazuyuki TSUKIMORI 98(522) Pressure and Friction between Billet and Container in Aluminum Hot Extrusion Takeshi YONEYAMA and Masaya TAKAHASHI 103(527) Copyright (C)1997-2006 JSTP. All Rights Reserved.