J. Paulo Davim

This book provides the fundamentals and recent advances in nano and micromachining for modern manufacturing engineering. It begins by outlining nanoma…

Mechanical Engineering is defined nowadays as a discipline “which involves the application of principles of physics, design, manufacturing and mainten…

Machinability of Advanced Materials addresses the level of difficulty involved in machining a material, or multiple materials, with the appropriate to…

Recent advances into the wear of advanced materials In general, wear is currently defined as “the progressive loss of material from the operating surf…

In recent years, the application of composite materials has increased in various areas of science and technology due to their special properties, name…

Generally a laser (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) is defined as “a device which uses a quantum mechanical effect, stimulated…

According to the NACFAM (National Council for Advanced Manufacturing USA) Sustainable Manufacturing is defined as the creation of manufactured product…

Tribology is the “science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion” and encompasses the study of friction, wear and lubrication. By e…

The term Mechatronics is a combination of the words “mechanics” and “electronics”. It is the blending of mechanical, electronic, and computer engineer…

Wood as an engineering material can be technically defined “as a hygroscopic, orthotropic, biological, and permeable material having extreme chemical …