Advances in industrial aluminium research and development

The principles of conventional and modem research and development methods applied in the Aluminium industry is presented. The new approach of integrated material and process modeling is described and discussed. Two examples are given for : i) The simulation of flow stress and strength evolution during rolling and annealing and ii) The simulation of texture evolution during sheet production, including the influence of material constitution and ingot homogenization variations on through process effects and final properties.