The text addresses the importance of additive manufacturing in aerospace applications, high-temperature oxidation-resistant, fatigue-resistant, corrosion-resistant, and wear-resistant materials.
- Discusses advanced manufacturing techniques, like 3D printing and laser powder bed fusion for aerospace materials.
- Covers the characterization of the cutting edge, performance, and properties of high-entropy alloys at elevated temperatures.
- Focuses on the advancement of protecting coatings and claddings in the aerospace industry, including laser cladding, microwave oven claddings, plasma spray, and arc spray.
- Presents the materials used in the interior of aircraft, and their performance, in case of emergencies, like fire safety and sudden shocks.
- Illustrates phase field modeling, material design and modeling, and classical approaches used for the development of new aerospace materials.
The text is primarily written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and academic researchers in fields including mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, industrial and production engineering, manufacturing engineering, and materials science.
Jashanpreet Singh is an assistant professor at the University Center of Research and Development at Chandigarh University, Mohali, India. His area of research includes tribology-solid particle erosion, power plant engineering, ash conveying, thermal spray coatings, computational fluid dynamics simulation, composites, and materials characterization. He has contributed comprehensively to thermal spray coatings and tribology in reputed journals. He has authored 60+ research publications including 39 SCI/SCIE/Web of Science indexed publications in various International Journals, Books, and conferences of repute. He is listed in the World’s Top 2% List of Scientists by Stanford University (USA) in 2022 and 2023.
Satish Kumar works as a professor, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at the National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, India. His name has been listed in the Top 2% List of Influential Scientists by Stanford University based on the SCOPUS database by Elsevier in 2023. His research interests are the rheology of slurry flow, computational fluid dynamics, erosion wear, air jet erosion, high-temperature oxidation, and flow phenomena of solid-liquid flow in pumps and pipelines. He authored (and co-authored) over 90 research publications including 70+ publications in SCI/SCOPUS/ESCI indexed journals in the field of multiphase flows, materials, characterization, computational fluid dynamics, and coatings.
Chander Prakash is Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development), at Chandigarh University, Mohali, India, and serving as a professor, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at Chandigarh University, Mohali, India. He is also an Adjunct Professor (Honorary position) at the Institute for Computational Science, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam. He is a passionate researcher with diversified research interests developing materials for Biomedical and Healthcare applications, additive manufacturing, and developing and exploring new cost-effective manufacturing technologies for biomedical industries. He has published over 397 (326 SCI/Scopus) scientific articles in peer-reviewed, reputable, top-notch journals, conferences, and books. He has 8010 citations, an H-index of 50, and an i-10 index of 173. He also consistently appeared in the top 2% of researchers as per Stanford Study in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
