JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY OF PLASTICITY vol.48 no.552 January 2007 ---CONTENTS--- Essay The Key of Production Engineering in the Next Generation Shoji IKAWA 1(1) Explanation Diffusion Measurements in Liquid Metals Utilizing Space Environment Shinsuke SUZUKI 2(2) Lectures Measurement of Flow Stress and Tribo-Characteristics Tamotsu NAKAMURA and Yoshihiro SAGISAKA 7(7) Laser Welding of Steel Sheets from the Viewpoint of Welding Method for Tailored Blanks Yasunobu MIYAZAKI 18(18) Papers Consideration of Joint Force for Plates in Riveting -In Case of Using of Soft Rivet Rod in Comparison with Plate- Hiroyuki KINOSHITA and Koichi KAIZU 25(25) Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Extrafine High-Speed Steel Wire Tomoyuki UEYAMA, Hiroshi FUJIWARA, Kei AMEYAMA, Suguru MATSUNAGA and Takashi YOSHIMOTO 31(31) Analysis of Shaped Bars with Various Curvatures Using Extrusion Process through Inclined Die Shigefumi KIHARA, Syunsuke MIYOSHI, Mitsunobu SHIRAISHI and Makoto NIIKAWA 36(36) Cold Deep Drawing of Commercial Magnesium Alloy Sheets Ken-ichiro MORI and Hirokazu TSUJI 41(41) Forming Flange with Grooves in Outer Surface Using Thick Metal Plate Hirokazu CHUUKYOU, Yukihiko UCHIDA and Michihiko HOSHINO 46(46) Finite Element Simulation with Coupled Thermo-mechanical Analysis of Superplastic Dieless Tube Drawing Considering Strain Rate Sensitivity Tsuyoshi FURUSHIMA and Ken-ichi MANABE 51(51) Comparison of Lubrication Performance by Different Friction Testing Methods Based on Combined Extrusion-Type Forging Process Yoshihiro SAGISAKA, Tamotsu NAKAMURA, Shigekazu TANAKA and Kunio HAYAKAWA 56(56) Effect of Tool Modeling Accuracy on Square Cup Deep-Drawing Simulation Takayuki HAMA, Masato TAKAMURA, Akitake MAKINOUCHI, Cristian TEODOSIU and Hirohiko TAKUDA 61(61) Plastic Flow Joining of Quenched Shaft and Flange with Emphasis on Torsional Strength Kenji HIROTA, Takashi MATSUURA, Kazuhiko KITAMURA, Yoshihiko UKAI and Keiichi MATSUNAGA 66(66) Copyright (C)1997-2007 JSTP. All Rights Reserved.