Franck Montheillet, Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS at Mines Saint-Étienne, has just published a new book with Ellipses, “Hot Deformation of Metals – Physics and Mechanics“, aimed in particular at postgraduate students and engineers. It should quickly become an essential reference in physical and mechanical metallurgy.
“Whether among the objects that surround us in everyday life, in construction, or integrated into complex structures, the vast majority of metal parts have undergone, during their manufacture, one or more stages of hot deformation.
Whereas until the middle of the 20th century its sole objective was to obtain the shape and dimensions of parts, today it is just as much—if not more—concerned with transforming and optimising the material’s microstructure according to the intended applications.”
This book, published by Ellipses (Formations & Techniques collection) on its own summarises a significant part of the activities of the Department of Physics and Mechanics of Materials for more than 30 years.
“The subject is addressed at three scales: macroscopic—continuum mechanics—, microscopic—physical metallurgy—, and also mesoscopic—in the sense of crystal mechanics—, with a resolute emphasis on the links that exist between these scales and these very different disciplines, too often compartmentalised in France.”
It is intended for Master’s-level students and their professors, as well as engineers in corporate research and development laboratories.
This work should quickly become an essential reference in physical and mechanical metallurgy, and more particularly in the field of metal forming!
About the author:
An ICM P68 graduate and Doctor of Physical Sciences, Frank Montheillet conducted research in the fields of hot deformation and the mechanics of heterogeneous media at Mines Saint-Étienne from 1985 to 2014, Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering.
He led the first joint research unit associated with the CNRS created at the School (1995), “Plasticity, Damage and Corrosion of Materials”, now the Georges Friedel Laboratory CNRS UMR 5307.
His strong scientific commitment has been marked by numerous expert assignments for national and international organisations, active participation in various research programmes and contracts, and the organisation of several scientific events dedicated to materials. He has published nearly 110 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 270 communications—more than half of them in proceedings or journals—supervised nearly 40 PhD theses, and taught in the School’s Research Master’s programmes.
