Table of Contents
1 Cover
4 Preface
5 PART 1 Manufacturing Processing Techniques 1 Additive Manufacturing: Technology, Materials and Applications in Aerospace 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Additive manufacturing configuration 1.3. Classification of AM technology 1.4. Materials used in AM technology 1.5. Aerospace applications of additive manufacturing 1.6. Challenges faced in the aerospace industry 1.7. Overcoming aerospace challenges with AM 1.8. Future work 1.9. Conclusion 1.10. References 1.11. Key terms and definitions 2 Study of the Manufacturing Process of Polymer Spur Gears: A Light Weight Gear Material 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Gear manufacturing process 2.3. Additive manufacturing/rapid prototyping 2.4. Laser ablation 2.5. Hot embossing 2.6. Conclusion 2.7. References 3 Recent Trends in Welding Polymers and Polymer–Metal Hybrid Structures 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Polymer and composites 3.3. Polymerization 3.4. Synthesis of polymer composites 3.5. Types of fillers in composites 3.6. Welding polymers 3.7. Introduction of lightweight metal and alloys 3.8. Welding dissimilar metal alloys 3.9. Industrial application of polymers 3.10. Conclusion 3.11. References
6 PART 2 Characterization 4 Preparation and Characterization of a Composite Material Using Sisal fibers for Light Body Vehicles 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Literature review 4.3. Materials and methods 4.4. Results and discussion 4.5. Comparison of previous works 4.6. Conclusion and recommendation 4.7. References 5 Optimizing the Polystyrene Catalytic Cracking Process Using Response Surface Methodology 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Material and methods 5.3. Results and discussion 5.4. Conclusion 5.5. References
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PART 3 Analysis
6 FEA Comparative Studies on Heat Flux and Thermal Stress Analysis during Conduction Mode and Keyhole Mode in the Laser Beam Welding
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Heat in laser welding
6.3. Modeling
6.4. Results and discussion
6.5. Conclusion
6.6. References
7 Effect of Formability Parameters on Tailor-Welded Blanks of Light Weight Materials
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Experimental procedure
7.3. Results and discussion
7.4. Conclusion
7.5. References
8 Design and Analysis of Sedan Car B-pillar Outer Panel Using Abirbara with S-glass Fiber Hybrid Composites
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Materials and methods
8.3. Composite preparation, testing and analysis
8.4. Design analysis of the B-pillar panel
8.5. Conclusion
8.6.