Beschreibung
This monograph presents the latest results related to mechanical and materials engineering applied to the machining, joining and modification of modern engineering materials. The contributions cover the classical fields of casting, forming and injection moulding as representatives of manufacturing methods. Additive manufacturing (rapid prototyping and laser sintering) is treated as a more innovative and recent technology which opens the possibility for the manufacturing of shapes and features which are not possible to achieve based on traditional methods. Water jet cutting is treated as an innovative cutting technology which avoids the heat increase as in the case of classical mechanical cutting. As a different technology for separation of materials, the book introduces laser cutting, and as joining technologies it offers classical bonding and friction stir welding approaches. In many cases, forming and machining technologies require a post-treatment to achieve a required surface quality or to equip the component with a protective layer. This area is covered based on laser treatment, shop peening, and the generation of protective layers.
Autorenporträt
Andreas Öchsner is a Full Professor at the School of Engineering, Griffith University, Australia and Leader of the Mechanical Engineering Program (Head of Discipline and Program Director). Having obtained a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart (1997), Germany, he served as a research and teaching assistant at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1997 to 2003 while working to complete his Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.-Ing.) degree. From 2003 to 2006, he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Cellular Metals Group affiliated with the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He spent seven years (2007-2013) as a Full Professor at the Department of Applied Mechanics, Technical University of Malaysia, where he was also Head of the Advanced Materials and Structure Lab.
