3. The Lorentz forces in the field shaper and the workpiece, as well as, the magnetic pressure in the workpiece. 4. The deflection and deformation velocity of the workpiece. 5. The strain of the workpiece and its strain-rate during processing. 6. The stress developed in the workpiece. 7. The shape evolution of the workpiece. The validity of the order of magnitude of the results is confirmed via internal checks among the numerical results or through direct comparison with analytical ones.According to the typical cases, which have been analyzed in the present thesis, the inertial effects are more dominant in electromagnetic sheet metal forming than in electromagnetic tube compression, because, in the first case, the net deformation time exceeds the first period of magnetic pressure and the deformation velocity is higher and not uniformly distributed on the workpiece.Finally, an exploration of process parameters for given equipment of constant frequency, is provided. The examined parameters are: • The level of the initial charging voltage; by increasing it, the energy stored in capacitor bank as well as magnetic pressure and, therefore, the deformation velocity are also increased. • The workpiece material and geometry; they control, on one hand, the required magnetic pressure for material yielding and on the other, the direction and magnitude of the developed forces.Although the pancake coil is considered as the conventional electromagnetic forming tool for sheet metal forming, it allows only a narrow spectrum of workpiece initial geometries. The efficiency of electromagnetic forming can be improved if the workpiece meets certain requirements, such as: a. The workpiece thickness is bigger than the skin depth b. The working gap (between the forming tool and the workpiece) is as small as dielectric puncture is prevented. c. In case of electromagnetic tube compression, the workpiece length is not very short in comparison with the coil length, because in this case, the magnetic energy is not efficiently developed, otherwise the workpiece is subjected to undesirable axial loading and, therefore, the workpiece holding must be taken into account. It is evident that the range of the workpiece geometries, which can be efficiently formed in a certain coil or field shaper, is not very wide. • The components of the electromagnetic forming equipment, which require special design for each forming operation, are the holding devices, the die or mandrel and the field shaper. Their design should take into account all of the particular electromagnetic or mechanical effects developed during processing. • The working frequency affects dramatically the efficiency and repeatability of the process. Some general recommendations, for the elimination of the main defects developed on the workpiece during processing (e.g. wrinkling, tearing and springback) based on the appropriate tuning of the process parameters, are also provided.The present thesis basically analyses how the physical principles of the process develop in industrial forming too...