CRC Press Mechanical Engineering for Sustainable Development: State-of-the-Art Research

This volume provides valuable insight into diverse topics related to mechanical engineering and presents state-of-the-art work on sustainable development being carried out throughout the world by budding researchers and scientists. Divided into three sections, the volume covers machine design, materials and manufacturing, and thermal engineering. It presents innovative research work on machine design that is of relevance to such varied fields as the automotive industry, agriculture, and human anatomy. The second section addresses materials characterization, an important tool in assessing proper materials for application-oriented jobs, and emerging unconventional machining processes that are important in design engineering for new products and tools. The section on thermal engineering broadly covers the use of viable alternate fuels, such as HHO, biodiesel, etc., with the objective of reducing the burden on petroleum reserves and the environment. About the Author C. S. P. Rao, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience. A prolific author, Dr. Rao received the Engineer of the Year Award in 2008 on the occasion of 41st Engineers Day Celebrations from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Institution of Engineers (India). G. Amba Prasad Rao, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India. A contributor to many national and international journals and conferences, he has organized several short-term courses for faculty as well as the 1st International and 18th National Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers conference. N. Selvaraj, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India. He has published around 50 research papers in national and international journals and has organized and attended several technical conferences and seminars. P. Subhash Chandra Bose, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India. He is associated with the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), the Naval Research Board (NRB), and the Research Centre Imarat (RCI). V. P. Chandramohan, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. He has 15 years of teaching and research experience.