CRC Press Ultrasonic Welding of Metal Sheets

Ultrasonic Welding of Metal Sheets covers various aspects of ultrasonic welding (USW) of metal sheets, including the discussion on modeling and numerical simulations of ultrasonic welding to improve this welding process and performance. This book aims to provide an accessible, comprehensive and up-to-date exposition of the various aspects of joining of dissimilar metal sheets ranging from its fundamentals thorough to metallurgical characteristics covering fundamental concepts, in-detailed explanation about the USW including its implementation, design criteria, work material, welding, thermo-mechanical and research scopes. The book is aimed at researchers, professionals and graduate students in manufacturing, welding, mechanical engineering. Features The ultrasonic spot welding of various metal sheets is described in simplified expression and concepts are elucidated by relevant illustrations. Discusses modeling and numerical simulations of ultrasonic welding to improve the ultrasonic welding process and performance As opposed to competition in the market, this title provides thorough clarification of ultrasonic spot welding of metal sheets with its applications. About the Author Dr. Susanta Kumar Sahoo is a Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India since 2008. He has been awarded Ph.D. from Utkal University, Orissa, India in 2000. He also carried out his Post-Doctoral research in Loughborough University, UK in 2004. He is well recognized in the field of solid state welding for lightweight materials for about the last 10 years. He has 27 years of teaching experience and has published numerous technical papers in national and international journals (89 no’s) as well as international conference proceedings (87 no’s). He has guided 15 Ph.D. and 29 M.Tech. theses and contributed for 8 book chapters. He is conferred with young scientist award by Odisha science Academy, Best teacher award by Indian society of Technical Education and numerous awards by IE (India) for his valuable contribution to the technical education and research. His areas of interest are advanced manufacturing process, welding technology, metal forming process and advanced machining process. Dr. Mantra Prasad Satpathy is currently serving as an Assistant professor in School of Mechanical Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. He has specialized himself in the field of "Materials Joining" and 4 years of teaching and research experience. He has completed his Ph.D. on "Ultrasonic spot welding of dissimilar metals" in 2017 from National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. He has guided 1 PG project, and 1 PhD is going on under his supervision in Ultrasonic Spot Welding field. Dr. Satpathy conferred with "Sankarsan Jena Memorial Award" and "Ganesh Mishra Memorial Award" from IEI, India for his outstanding contribution in the joining field. He has published 21 technical papers in international journals as well as 23 international conference proceedings. His areas of interest include simulation and modelling of advanced manufacturing process, welding technology, metal forming process and advanced machining process.