To meet the various and critical manufacturing requirements including high precision, low
cost, good manufacturability, and more demanding from product service and performance …

High precision and clos tolerance is an essential requirement of current manufacturing
industries dealing in micro-fabrication. The quality of surface obtained after machining …

Updated, revised, and restructured to reflect the latest advances in science and applications,
the fourth edition of this best-selling industry and research reference covers the fundamental …

Lightweight materials, such as titanium alloys, magnesium alloys, and aluminium alloys, are
characterised by unusual combinations of high strength, corrosion resistance, and low …

With the rapid development of micro‐electromechanical systems (MEMS), micro/nanoscale
fabrication of 3D metallic structures with complex structures and multifunctions is becoming …

Ultrasonic vibration has been applied in the incremental sheet forming process and shows
the potential to reduce the forming force and increase the formability, but the constitutive …

Compared with conventional forming processes, ultrasonic-assisted forming technology with
a high frequency and small amplitude can significantly improve the forming quality of …

Abstract Development of a reasonable constitutive equation is critical to realize accurate
numerical prediction of ultrasonic vibration-assisted friction stir welding (UVaFSW) of …

Composites have been extensively used in many scientific and engineering fields; but a
successful application of a composite component/structure depends critically on its …

Ultrasonic vibration-assisted (UVA) forming is typically used to promote the forming quality of
complex structures due to the acoustic-plastic effect. Ultrasonic vibration (UV) is always …