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Although basically all sheet forming processes are thermo-mechanical forming processes, the influence of temperature changes can most often safely be ignored. Two cases are considered, in which the interaction between thermal and mechanical behaviour cannot be neglected: 1. if the material is heated or cooled with the purpose to get different mechanical properties and 2. if the material properties...