Fabrication and Machining of Advanced Materials and Composites

This reference text discusses processing, structure, and properties of metal matrix composites, polymer matrix composites, and ceramic matrix composites for applications in high end engineering equipment, biomedical and nano-biotechnology areas.

The text begins by discussing fundamentals, classification, designing and fabrication of composite materials, followed by ultrasonic vibration assisted machining of advanced materials, fabrication of transparent advanced composites, fabrication of composites via microwave sintering, and hybrid machining of metal-matrix composites. It covers important topics including fabrication of shape-memory polymers, additive manufacturing for the fabrication of composites, 3D printing processes for biomedical applications, and ultrasonic vibration assisted machining of advanced materials.

The text will be useful for undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers in areas including materials science, mechanical engineering, manufacturing science, aerospace engineering, electronics and communication engineering

The book-

• Covers processing, structure, and properties of metal matrix composites, polymer matrix composites, and ceramic matrix composites.
• Discusses nano materials and their potential applications in the area of biomedical and nano-biotechnology.
• Provides modern processing techniques to synthesize advance materials.
• Explores applicability of the materials using mechanical, chemical, thermal and electrical tests.

Discussing advanced materials, their manufacturing techniques and applications in diverse areas including automotive, aerospace engineering, biomedical, this text will be useful for undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers in areas including materials science, mechanical engineering, manufacturing science, aerospace engineering, electronics and communication engineering. It will further discuss electro discharge machining of steels using chromium alloy-based electrodes, and advanced machining techniques for hard materials.

Dr. Subhash Singh is currently working as associate professor in the

Department of Mechanical and Automation, Indira Gandhi Delhi

Technical Univeristy for Women, New Delhi. Previously, he worked as

assistant professor in the Department of Production and Industrial

Engineering, NIT Jamshedpur. He earned his B. Tech from KNIT,

Sultanpur, 2003 and M. Tech from NIT Kurukshetra, 2007. He

completed his Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee in 2017. Dr. Singh specializes in

areas such as modification of nano-materials, thin coating, fabrication of

MMCs, synthesis of 2-D materials, FSP, and machining of biodegradable

materials. He has published more than 30 research papers in various

prestigious journals. He has also authored one book and 20 book chapters.

He has completed three research projects.

Dr. Dinesh Kumar is currently working as an assistant professor in the

Department of Production and Industrial Engineering, NIT Jamshedpur.

He earned his B. Tech from Uttar Pradesh Technical University Lucknow

(Now APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University Lucknow) in 2009 and

M. Tech from the Mechanical Engineering Department, MNNIT Allahabad

in 2011. He completed his Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee in 2016. He has

published more than nine research articles.