Author Description

"This book introduces emerging areas of laser-based manufacturing such as additive manufacturing of metal matrix composites, joining of hard to weld superalloys, damage-free machining of fiber-reinforced composites, surface properties enhancement using cladding techniques, and modeling and simulation of laser beam manufacturing techniques. Laser Applications in Manufacturing provides a quick guide for researchers and academicians to recent advancements in the development of powder-based Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs) manufactured using Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology"--