Advanced Manufacturing of Materials: Fundamentals, Advancements, and Applications

This new book series will cover the entire spectrum of advanced manufacturing and materials including fundamentals, recent advancements, applications, etc. Advancements in engineering materials including composites, surface composites, shape memory alloys, functionally graded materials, smart materials, etc. will also be covered in detail. Various advanced manufacturing techniques such as additive manufacturing, advanced forming, machining, joining, etc. would find a home within this series as well as various smart manufacturing practices and trends especially related to automation, industrial internet of things, industry 4.0, big data analytics, machine learning, robotics, sensors, and transducers.

Manufacturing engineering is basically a term that encompasses engineering materials, manufacturing methods, processes, and practices. A multitude of advancements worldwide is currently reported each day in these domains. However, most of the relevant information is constrained to some geographical regions or limited research groups. Most of the relevant groups find it difficult even today to find an appropriate forum to share their knowledge with interested researchers and industry people. This series shall serve the purpose of bridging this gap and establishing a state-of-the-art platform for all related personnel worldwide both as contributors as well as readers.

This book series shall cater to the accelerated growth in advanced manufacturing, materials, and related practices. The enhanced rates of obsolescence and the cutting-edge technologies require an up-to-date knowledge base for global sustenance in the field of academics, research, as well as industry. This book series shall go a long way in serving the purpose of developing a sound and reliable exhaustive repository in this important field.