Advanced Manufacturing and Joining Technologies for Composite Materials

Pawan Kumar Rakesh, J. Paulo Davim

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443333651
• Subtopic: Industrial Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Advanced Manufacturing and Joining Technologies for Composite Materials delves into pivotal advancements that have enhanced performance and cost-effectiveness. The book covers topics not commonly addressed in other references, including automated composite manufacturing, out-of-autoclave curing, nanostructured composites, smart composites, recycling and sustainability, and hybrid composites. Additionally, it addresses the modeling and simulation of composite manufacturing processes and the joining of composite laminates for product development, offering an exciting exploration for readers and learners.Automation and robotics have transformed manufacturing processes, with techniques like automated fiber placement and automated tape laying ensuring precise and consistent reinforcement fiber placement. This minimizes human error, improves repeatability, and expedites production. Material science breakthroughs have given rise to smart composites capable of sensing, responding, and adapting to environmental changes. These smart composites find applications in structural health monitoring, shape-shifting structures, and adaptive aerodynamics. - Delves into the revolutionary effects of technological progress in composite manufacturing - Highlights the role of automation and robotics, exploring techniques such as automated fiber placement and automated tape laying - Explores material science breakthroughs and introduces smart composites capable of sensing, responding, and adapting to environmental changes - Covers a broad range of topics often overlooked, including automated composite manufacturing, out-of-autoclave curing, nanostructured composites, smart composites, recycling, sustainability, and hybrid composites - Includes case studies that provide a valuable and practical dimension to the book

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Chapter 1. Introduction to manufacturing processes of polymer composite
• Chapter 2. Interaction of complex alloys with aluminum during fabrication of composites
• Chapter 3. Additive manufacturing (3D printing) of composites: Case study
• Chapter 4. Drilling of polymer matrix composites: A case study
• Chapter 5. Current trends challenges and prospects of polylactic acid processing
• Chapter 6. Biomedical applications of polylactic acid–based composites
• Chapter 7. An overview on the joining processes of polymer composites—Case study
• Chapter 8. Modeling and simulations
• Chapter 9. Development of multifunctional composite materials using inclusion of nanofiller
• Chapter 10. Machining of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites: Challenges, state-of-the-art, and advances
• Chapter 11. Numerical simulation of composite machining processes
• Chapter 12. Advancing composites manufacturing through digitalization and AI: Toward composites 4.0
• Chapter 13. Direct joining of polymers to metals
• Chapter 14. Development and performance analysis of flexible polymer nanocomposites for electromagnetic interference shielding
• Index