Cambridge University Press Manufacturing Processes: Casting, Forming, and Welding

This self-contained and detailed text, will benefit students in gaining thorough understanding of fundamental concepts and applications of different manufacturing processes. Starting from basic knowledge, the readers are guided through important manufacturing processes including metal casting, metal forming and shaping processes, powder metallurgy, gas welding, electric arc welding and cutting processes. Description of shell moulding, explosive forming and electro-hydraulic forming is given in detail. Numerous review questions, fill in the blanks and multiple choice questions are included throughout the text to help the reader self-test their understanding of the subject matter. This text is the ideal resource for mechanical, industrial and production engineering undergraduates taking an introductory, single-semester course in manufacturing processes. About the Author H. S. Shan is Emeritus Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He graduated in 1966, earned his Master's degree in production engineering with Honors, and obtained his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 1972. Later he did his Post-doctoral research at Loughborough University of Technology receiving a British Council's Fellowship, 1976�7. The author has more than 38 years of teaching and research experience at the University of Roorkee and Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT Roorkee). He has taught courses including Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Production Planning and Control, Production Technology and Work System Design at undergraduate and graduate level. He has published one book titled Modern Machining Processes (1982) and more than 175 research papers in national and international journals/conference proceedings.