Advances in Materials Manufacturing Science and Technology XIV

Review from Ringgold Inc., ProtoView: An October 2011 conference offered a forum to discuss innovative research, recent technology, and emerging application trends in the fields of advanced manufacturing technology, modern management, and design theory and methodology. This book offers a total of 172 peer-reviewed papers from the conference, written by researchers and industrial practitioners. Material is organized into sections on advanced manufacturing technology and equipment, material-forming science and technology, digital manufacturing systems and management, modern design theory and methods, and MEM and ultraprecision manufacturing. Some specific topics include laser shock processing of Ni-base supperalloy and high-cycle fatigue properties, the effect of square wave AC parameters on weld forming performance, the dissolution mechanism of copper weld brazing with Cu-based brazing alloys, and a morphological filtering algorithm for estimation of tool wear in CNC milling machining. Other subjects investigated are buckling optimization of perforated curved shells, stability analysis of a processor unit in a deep-sea application, error modeling for a master slave surgical robot system, and advanced optics applications using ultra-precision free-form machining technology. B&w photos are included.