JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY OF PLASTICITY vol.49 no.568 May 2008 ---CONTENTS--- Essay Some Aspects of My Life of a Research Scientist on Cold Forging Technology Kichitaro SHINOZAKI 1(345) Explanations Nanoindentation Measurements and Nanometer-scale Mechanical Properties Jiping YE 3(347) Technology Trends of Metal Stamping Automation Equipment Tomohiko SUZUKI 8(352) Review of Resistance Microwelding Shinji FUKUMOTO 13(357) Trends of Horizontal Multi-stage Forging Machine Yukihiko TANASE 18(362) The Latest Trends of Nanoimprint Technology Masaharu TAKAHASHI 23(367) Damages of Dies and Their Countermeasure Nobuhiro NIHIRA 28(372) Trend of Recent Alminum Forging Hisayuki SAKURAI 34(378) Lectures Application of Rheocasting Process to Aluminium Alloy Brake components of Automobile Keiji HATSUYAMA 40(384) Application of CAD/CAM/CAE to Manufacturing Tools for Bending Machine Junichi KOYAMA, Hitoshi OMATA, Yasushi YAMAYA, Yingjun JIN and Atsushi OGATA 45(389) Visit to Institutions Matsuoka Laboratory, Toyama Prefectural University Shinichi MATSUOKA 51(395) Laboratory on Materials Engineering in Nihon University Makoto SUGAMATA and Masahiro KUBOTA 53(397) Report Report on West-Japan Young Engineer Meeting Masaaki OTSU 55(399) Papers Process Design of Extended Forging Process by Numerical Simulation 　―Development of Equation for predicting the Forging Shape Using Numerical Model �T― Hideki KAKIMOTO, Yoichi TAKAHASHI and Hideki TAKAMORI 59(403) Relationship between Microstructure of Additional Shear Strain Layer and Increase in Tensile Strength of Finely Drawn Wire 　―Additional Shear Strain Layer at Surface of Drawn Wire �U― Satoshi KAJINO and Motoo ASAKAWA 65(409) Effect of Drawing Condition and Multipass Drawing on Additional Shear Strain Layer of Finely Drawn Wire 　―Additional Shear Strain Layer at Surface of Drawn Wire �V― Satoshi KAJINO, Motoo ASAKAWA, Kazuki HOSODA and Yasuhiro MAEDA 70(414) Joining of Three Aluminum Alloy and Mild Steel Sheets with Self-Piercing Rivet Toru KATO, Yohei ABE, Ken-ichiro MORI and Shingo SAKAI 75(419) Copyright (C)1997-2008 JSTP. All Rights Reserved.