Journal de physique 4, n° 84. 4th European mechanics of materials conference on processes, microstructures and mechanical properties : Euromech-Mecamat'2000, Metz, France, 26-29 June, 2000

The optimisation of product manufacture requires considerable knowledge of the interactions between process, microstructure and mechanical properties. The improvement of microstructure-related mechanical properties, and the development of new materials, requires further studies of process development, microstructure evolution during manufacturing processing and the relationships between processing route, microstructural evolution, and resulting mechanical properties. This conference focussed on experimental, modelling and numerical aspects concerned with the relationships between processes, microstructures, and mechanical properties of solids. The coupling between process, microstructure and final properties, and the material behaviour for processes where a coupling exists between mechanics and microstructural evolution, were considered. Attention was also paid to new processes and new materials.