J. Paulo Davim

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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