Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Research and Review Studies

Chapter 1 – Development of House of Quality in the Context of Advanced Remanufacturing System (pp. 1-10)
S. Vinodh and K. J. Manjunatheshwara (Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India)

Chapter 2 – Jigless Manufacturing of Aerospace Structural Assemblies (pp. 11-22)
JJV. Jeyasingh, K. Santhosh Kumar, Shibu Gopinath and Koshy M George (Materials and Mechanical Entity, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Thiruvananthapuram – 695 022, Kerala, India)

Chapter 3 – Manufacturing of Polymer Nano Composites (pp. 23-32)
Sridharan Veerapuram and Muthukrishnan Nambi (Nano Materials Research Cell, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Irungattukottai, Tamilnadu, India)

Chapter 4 – Optimal Control of Drilling Process for Hole Making in Fiber Reinforced Plastics: A Review (pp. 33-50)
Amrinder Pal Singh, Kishore Debnath, Manu Sharma and Inderdeep Singh (Mechanical Engineering, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, and Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India)

Chapter 5 – Quality in the Machining: Characteristics and Techniques to Obtain Good Results (pp. 51-76)
C. H. Lauro, L. C. Brandão, S. M. Ribeiro Filho and J. P. Davim (University of Aveiro, Portugal and others)

Chapter 6 – A Comparison of Milling Cutting Path Strategies for Aluminium 6262-T6 Alloys Fabrication (pp. 77-90)
W. O. Leite, J. C. Campos Rubio, J. Tejero, F. Mata and I. Hanafi (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção, Av. Antonio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG – Brasil and others)

Chapter 7 – Application of Fuzzy Logic in Modeling and Optimization of Surface Roughness in Turning (pp. 91-128)
Arup Kumar Nandi (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, US)

Chapter 8 – Perspective of Wire Electrical Discharge Machining: A Review (pp. 129-162)
S. K. Garg, A. Manna and Ajai Jain (Research Scholar, NIT, Kurukshetra, India & Associate Professor, JMIT, Radaur Yamunanagar, Haryana; Mech. Engg. Deptt., PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, and Professor, Mech. Engg. Deptt., NIT, Kurukshetra, India)

Chapter 9 – Experimental Analysis of Die Sinking EDM Process on AISI P 20 Tool Steel Using Response Surface Methodology (pp. 163-188)
G. K. Bose and K. K. Mahapatra (Department of Mechanical Engineering , Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, and Technical Service, Central Institute of Plastic Engineering Technology, Bhubaneswar, India)

Chapter 10 – Ytterbium Fiber Laser Machining of AA6061 Matrix and Al/Al2O3-MMC (pp. 189-212)
Alakesh Manna (Department of Mechanical Engineering, PEC University of Technology (Formerly: Punjab Engineering College), Chandigarh-160012, India)

Chapter 11 – Laser Transformation Hardening of Steel (pp. 213-240)
Karupuudaiyar Ramaraj Balasubramanian, Purushothaman Dinesh Babu and Gengusamynaidu Buvanashekaran (Department of Mechanical Engineering National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu; School of Mechanical Engineering, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, and Laser Materials Processing Division, Welding Research Institute, BHEL Tiruchirappalli, India)

Chapter 12 – Material Joining Process of Non-Ferrous Metals (pp. 241-256)
N. Muthukrishnan and V. Gurusamy (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Marine Engineering and Convener, Welding Research Cell, and Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu, India)

Index