ABSTRACT
The aim of this chapter is to give nonspecialists in mechanical metallurgy a general review of the mechanical metallurgy fields related to thermal processing. It consists of a summary of the classical knowledge in specialized works of mechanical metallurgy, needed for successful development of mathematical modeling of thermal processes. The main references among these are given in the bibliography. Mechanical metallurgy involves many disciplines, but it is the area of metallurgy that is primarily concerned with the response of metals to loads.
