“…Computer simulation has a great potential in the design of the forming procedure. Simulation of the process to form a bowl shape from a circular plate (Venkadeshwaran et al, 2009) and the simulation of laser forming of the particle reinforced metal matrix composites (Liu et al, 2009) have been reported. Attempts have also been made to predict the deformation in the laser forming process using an analytical method (Kyrsanidi et al, 2000).…”