The purpose of this book is to present a collection of examples illustrating the state of the art and research developments to lasers in manufacturing, covering laser rapid manufacturing, lasers in metal forming applications, laser forming of metal foams, mathematical modeling of laser drilling, thermal stress analysis, modeling and simulation of laser welding, and the use of lasers in surface engineering.

Table of Contents

• Preface J. Paolo DAVIM
• Chapter 1. Laser Rapid Manufacturing: Technology, Applications, Modeling and Future Prospects Christ P. PAUL; Pankaj BHARGAVA; Atul KUMAR; Ayukt K. PATHAK; Lalit M. KUKREJA
• Chapter 2. Lasers in Metal Forming Applications Stephen A. AKINLABI; Mukul SHUKLA; Esther T. AKINLABI; Tshilidzi MARWALA
• Chapter 3. Laser Forming of Metal Foams Fabrizio QUADRINI; Denise BELLISARIO; Erica A. SQUEO; Loredana SANTO
• Chapter 4. Mathematical Modeling of Laser Drilling Maturose SUCHATAWAT; Mohammad SHEIKH
• Chapter 5. Laser Cutting a Small Diameter Hole: Thermal Stress Analysis Bekir S. YILBAS; Syed S. AKHTAR; Omer KELES
• Chapter 6. Modeling and Simulation of Laser Welding Karuppudaiyar R. BALASABRAMANIAN; Krishnasamy SANKARANARAYANASAMY; Gangusami N. BUVANASHEKARAN
• Chapter 7. Lasers in Surface Engineering Alberto H. GARRIDO; Rubén GONZÁLEZ; Modesto CADENAS; Chin-Pei WANG; Farshid SADEGHI
• List of Authors