The fields of Mechanical Engineering, Composite Materials, and Smart Manufacturing find themselves at the heart of a pivotal predicament. As these industries grapple with the demands for efficiency, sustainability, and innovation, a need arises for a unified exploration of the transformative solutions within these domains. At this crucial moment, researchers, academics, and practitioners worldwide need to focus on understanding and solving the complex issues that are hindering progress. Trends and Applications in Mechanical Engineering, Composite Materials and Smart Manufacturing delves into solutions that propel industries, economies, and societies into a future defined by progress and resilience. At its core, this book strives to examine the disciplines of mechanical engineering, composite materials, and smart manufacturing. With the collaborative efforts of diverse experts, it attempts to create a comprehensive resource that not only identifies emerging trends but also unveils their impact on the real world. By acting as a driving force for advancing current research, bridging knowledge gaps, and presenting innovative solutions, the publication contributes significantly to the collective understanding of these disciplines. The goal is to empower scholars, educators, and professionals with the knowledge and insights required to sculpt the future of these increasingly complex industries.

This book shows how Industry 4.0 is a strategic approach for integrating advanced control systems with Internet technology enabling communication between people, products and complex systems. It includes processes such as machining features, machining knowledge, execution control, operation planning, machine tool selection and cutting tool. This book focuses on different articles related to advanced technologies, and their integration to foster Industry 4.0, being useful for researchers as well as industrialists to refer and utilize the information in production control.

Composite materials have been well developed to meet the challenges of high-performing material properties targeting engineering and structural applications. The ability of composite materials to absorb stresses and dissipate strain energy is vastly superior to that of other materials such as polymers and ceramics, and thus they offer engineers many mechanical, thermal, chemical and damage-tolerance advantages with limited drawbacks such as brittleness. Composite Materials: Manufacturing, Properties and Applications presents a comprehensive review of current status and future directions, latest technologies and innovative work, challenges and opportunities for composite materials. The chapters present latest advances and comprehensive coverage of material types, design, fabrication, modelling, properties and applications from conventional composite materials to advanced composites such as nanocomposites, self-healing and smart composites. The book targets researchers in the field of advanced composite materials and ceramics, students of materials science and engineering at the postgraduate level, as well as material engineers and scientists working in industrial R& D sectors for composite material manufacturing. - Comprehensive coverage of material types, design, fabrication, modelling, properties and applications from conventional composite materials to advanced composites such as nanocomposites, self-healing and smart composites - Features latest advances in terms of mechanical properties and other material parameters which are essential for designers and engineers in the composite and composite reinforcement manufacturing industry, as well as all those with an academic research interest in the subject - Offers a good platform for end users to refer to the latest technologies and topics fitting into specific applications and specific methods to tackle manufacturing or material processing issues in relation to different types of composite materials

Advanced Hybrid Composite Materials and Their Applications provides a basic understanding of the engineering of hybrid composite materials. The main topics covered include the fundamental principles of hybrid composite materials, their properties, chemistry, fabrication, and applications. New and modern ways of synthetic engineering are also discussed in detail. The book brings together two very important classes of engineering materials and explains their properties in an easy-to-understand manner. It also covers the latest research outcomes and new technologies from synthetic processes right though to recent applications in different industrial sectors. This book will benefit those with no previous background knowledge as well as the expert working in this field. It will serve as a single comprehensive information resource on various types of engineering materials. - Covers fundamental principles, properties, fabrication and applications - Provides detailed information on various types of composite materials in a single resource - Covers the latest information and recent research outcomes

This book addresses issues related to the integration of digital evolutionary technologies and provides solutions to various challenges encountered during the implementation process. With real-time case studies, the book explains the smart technologies available and their operational applications and benefits in the manufacturing sector. Smart Manufacturing Technologies for Industry 4.0: Integration, Benefits, and Operational Activities assists in the understanding of the shifting paradigm in the manufacturing sector towards smart manufacturing and spotlights these technologies and the effects they are having on existing industries. It showcases Industry 4.0 as a promising research area in its infancy and offers insights into the role smart technologies are playing now and into the future. The book focuses on smart technologies’ rudiments, implementation, and integration for organizational development and offers insights on how to achieve resiliency through and because of these technologies. This book presents real-time implementation discussions along with case studies that emphasize benefits and operational activities for engineers and managers. It’s also a very useful book for technology developers, academicians, data scientists, industrial engineers, researchers, and students interested in uncovering the latest innovations in a field that seeks current research on products and services.

This text highlights the role of artificial intelligence-powered robots and automation systems in revolutionizing digital manufacturing, covers prod-uct design and customization, and discusses various artificial intelligence algorithms for manufacturing processes and supply chain optimization. It further covers the applications of 3D printing and rapid prototyping for low-carbon development. Features: • Discusses microwave hybrid heating based on innovative joining tech-niques, applications of 3D printing, and rapid prototyping for low carbon development • Explains the role of artificial intelligence in digital manufacturing, data security, privacy issues, and defense mechanism • Provides an overview of artificial intelligence-powered robots and automation systems for revolutionizing digital manufacturing, and techniques for soft robotic structures • Presents case studies related to Six Sigma, digital manufacturing, and supply chain manufacturing • Explains artificial intelligence and machine learning-based high-predicted models for accurate data analysis in industry automation It is primarily written for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, production engineering, mechanical engineering, and aerospace engineering.

The text discusses both theoretical and technological aspects of the Industry 4.0–based manufacturing processes. It covers important topics such as additive manufacturing, laser-based manufacturing processes, electromagnetic welding and joining processes, green manufacturing processes, and friction welding processes. Illustrates sustainable manufacturing aspects in robotics and aerospace industries. Showcases additive manufacturing processes with a focus on innovation and automation. Covers environment-friendly manufacturing processes resulting in zero waste and conserves natural resources. Synergizes exploration related to the various properties and functionalities through extensive theoretical and experimental modeling. Discusses impact welding for joining of dissimilar materials. The text discusses the recent manufacturing techniques and methodologies such as impact welding for joining of dissimilar materials. It further covers techniques such as additive manufacturing and electromagnetic manu- facturing, resulting in minimum or negligible waste. The text elaborates important topics such as friction stir welding energy consumption analysis, and industry waste recycling for sustainable development. It will serve as an ideal reference text for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and researchers in the fields including mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, manufacturing engineering, and production engineering.