JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY OF PLASTICITY vol.50 no.578 March 2009 ---CONTENTS--- Special Issue on Fabrication of Microstructures and Material Properties by Forming Processes Essay Shear Deformation Creates New Materials Naoyuki KANETAKE 1(161) Outlook Production of Materials Qualities by Means of Friction Stir Processing (FSP) and Its Practical Applications Yoshinobu MOTOHASHI 2(162) Explanations Grain Refinement Processes in Metals and Alloys during Multi-Directional Forging Taku SAKAI and Hiromi MIURA 7(107) Microstructural Refinement and Materials Development Using Giant Straining Process Zenji HORITA 12(172) Evolution of Ultrafine Grained Structures in Metals during Severe Plastic Deformation by ARB Process Nobuhiro TSUJI 17(177) Mechanical Properties and Formability of ECAE Processed Metals Akira AZUSHIMA and Akira YANAGIDA 21(181) Large-Strain Characteristics and Grain Refinement in Torsion Extrusion Susumu MIZUNUMA 26(186) Microstructure Control and Materials Development by Compressive Torsion Process Naoyuki KANETAKE 32(192) Powder Metallurgy Magnesium Alloys via Roll Compaction Process Katsuyoshi KONDOH 37(197) Microstructure and Texture Control of Magnesium Alloy Sheets by Rolling Tetsuo SAKAI 41(201) Grain Refinement by High Z - Large Strain Deformation Shiro TORIZUKA 46(206) Development of Aluminum Alloy Sheets with High Lankford Value by Asymmetric Warm Rolling Katsumi KOYAMA and Toshio KOMATSUBARA 51(211) Improvement of Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Alloy Sheets Produced by Controlled Rolling Hiroki TANAKA and Hideo YOSHIDA 56(216) Papers Thermo Mechanical Processing for Fine Ferrite Grain Crust Wire Rod with High Fatigue Limit Toshiharu MORIMOTO, Ichiro CHIKUSHI, Hirokazu BAN, Miki YAMADA and Teruyuki HANABUSA 61(221) Texture and Strain Induced by a Steel Plate by Warm Cross Roll Rolling Tadanobu INOUE and Fuxing YIN 67(227) Effect of ECAE Processed Material on Workability Limit in Cold Upsetting Akira YANAGIDA, Kazufumi JOKO and Akira AZUSHIMA 72(232) Optimization of ECAE Process for Mg Alloy Akira AZUSHIMA, Naoto HIRASHIMA and Yuu YASUDA 77(237) Asymmetric Rolling Process Design Using Crystal Plasticity Multiscale Analysis Hiroyuki KURAMAE, Shoji TAKAHASHI, Eiji NAKAMACHI, Nguyen Ngoc TAM, Kazuto TANAKA, Tsutao KATAYAMA and Hideo MORIMOTO 82(242) Crystallographic Orientation and Mechanical Properties of α' Martensite Ti-V Alloy Systems Produced by Cross Rolling Hiroaki MATSUMOTO, Akihiko CHIBA, Fumihiko GEJIMA and Shuji HANADA 89(249) Hot Semiclosed Die Forging of Ni-Free Co-29Cr-6Mo Alloy into Prototype Artificial Hip Joint Stem Shingo KUROSU, Kenta YAMANAKA, Hiroaki MATSUMOTO, Naoyuki NOMURA and Akihiko CHIBA 96(256) Copyright (C)1997-2009 JSTP. All Rights Reserved.