Books by Keyword: Automotive Composites

Description: The main topics of this special edition are non-conventional material processing technologies, both conventional materials and materials with specific properties for functional applications. The electrochemical and electro-physical machining processes, including precision pulsed electrochemical machining, laser beam cutting, additive manufacturing, layered hybrid composite tube manufacturing, etc. The edition ranges from surface engineering to forming methods of complex hybrid composite materials. The research results for numerical modelling of the mechanical behaviour of innovative non-conventional materials and hybrid structures are also presented here. The book will be useful for researchers and engineers in mechanical engineering.

Description: This special edition presents research results related to the use of advanced and non-conventional methods for modelling and simulation of forming processes, including the application of machine learning and AI techniques. By that, developments in the field of numerical simulation were considered that could eventually be applied to the simulation of any forming process. The edition will be helpful for researchers in materials science and the development of materials processing technologies.

Description: This special edition focuses on contributions that detail the results of new developments and provide a deeper understanding of incremental and sheet material forming processes. Research concerns the design of novel processes, in-process measurement techniques, innovative tooling, methods for the analysis and modelling of friction phenomena and methods for the optimisation, robust design and control of incremental and sheet forming processes, etc. The edition will be helpful for specialists in mechanical engineering.

Description: The main topics of this special edition are: mechanical fastening operations; joints based on friction welding; hybrid joining processes; innovative joining processes, including the forming or pre-forming of the materials to be joined; computational methods for joining process simulation; applications of inverse analysis to material characterisation in joining conditions, etc. The edition will be helpful for specialists in mechanical engineering.

Description: The special edition on Machining, Cutting, Blanking, and Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD) Processes highlights a broad spectrum of topics central to advanced manufacturing and material processing. It focuses on both experimental and numerical investigations aimed at enhancing the understanding of machining and plastic deformation mechanisms. Particular emphasis will be placed on accurate material characterisation and the formulation of robust constitutive models to predict material behaviour under extreme deformation conditions, such as those encountered in machining, cutting, and blanking. The edition also explores stress distribution in severe plastic deformation techniques such as burnishing and stir processing, and assesses their impact on mechanical performance. Critical aspects such as tool wear, frictional phenomena, and fracture mechanisms are also examined here. The book will be useful to those whose professional activities involve material processing in modern mechanical engineering.

Description: The widespread use of composite materials, given relatively low development and manufacturing costs, creates significant demand for scientific knowledge and computational tools for their manufacturing. The mechanical behaviour of composite parts in service is dominated by fiber orientation and density, which in turn are determined by the forming process. Hence, predicting in-service performance requires a full understanding of, and preferably a prediction of, the complex material behaviour during manufacturing. The presented special edition will be helpful to researchers and practitioners who work with composite materials.

Description: The aim of this special issue is to present recent developments and technological capabilities of additive manufacturing. Pre-processing, in-situ processing, and post-processing are important stages that impact the final properties of the produced parts. Experimental results, numerical modelling methods, data analytics, and optimisation of additive manufacturing processes are considered in this edition. The book will be helpful to researchers and practitioners in additive technologies.

Description: The wide applications of high-level composite materials at affordable development and manufacturing costs create significant demand for scientific research and computational methods to analyse properties in composite manufacturing. The mechanical behaviour of composite parts in service is dominated by fiber orientation and density, which in turn are determined by the forming process. In this case, predicting in-service performance of finished products requires a full understanding of, and preferably a prediction of, the complex material behaviour during manufacturing. The presented special issue covers these and other issues arising in the development, production, and application of modern composite materials and will be useful to many scientists and engineers from the mechanical engineering industry.

Description: This proceedings volume compiles selected research papers from the IXth International Materials Science Conference, HighMatTech 2025 (6-10 October 2025, Ukraine). The book’s scope is multidisciplinary, integrating insights from solid-state physics, chemistry, and materials engineering to explain the behaviour of modern materials. The aim is to facilitate the exchange of ideas within the scientific community and to document significant progress in modern engineering. The edition is intended for a wide range of engineers and academic researchers.

Description: The 3rd International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials Science and Devices  (ICRTMD 2025, Charkhi Dadri, India, during March 24-26, 2025) presents state-of-the-art research in materials science and sustainable technologies. The collection of articles spans functional nanomaterials, composites, structural metals, superconductors, wastewater treatment solutions, some issues in geological engineering, and research related to plasma physics and superconductivity. The proceedings emphasise interdisciplinary solutions. Overall, the collection provides researchers, academicians, and engineers with significant information and fosters collaboration and innovation.