Recent Advances in Manufacturing Engineering and Processes

Prof. Ramesh Agarwal is the William Palm Professor of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, USA. Over a period of 45 years, Prof. Agarwal has worked in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Computational Material Science & Manufacturing and Multi-disciplinary Design & Optimization. More recently, he has devoted some of his efforts in nanocomposites, shape memory alloys and metamaterials. He is the author and co-author of over 600 publications and serves on the editorial board of more than 20 journals. Professor Agarwal is a Fellow of 25 societies including AIAA, IEEE, ASME, AAAS, APS, IOP, IOM3, IET, RSC etc.

Part 1: Electromechanical System and Engineering Design.- Chapter 1. Finite Element Analysis of Ankle Foot Design Based on Indonesian Anthropometry.- Chapter 2. Automated Disinfection System for Polyethylene Terephthalate Bottles for Bacteria, Fungi and Viruses using UV-C LED Camera.- Chapter 3. Design of the CNC Router Structure for Machining Wood Materials using Reliability - Based Design Optimization Method.- Chapter 4. Development of Intelligent Drone for Cassava Farming.- Chapter 5. Calculation and Optimization of the Two Stage Worm - Gear Reducers Speed Ratio.- Chapter 6. Project-based learning in product design engineering: A case study of external gear pump design.- Part 2: Machining and Manufacturing.- Chapter 7. Tool Wear Analysis on Time-domain and Frequency-domain Data of Machining S45C Using Signal Processing Technique.- Chapter 8. Optimization of the Weight and Size Characteristics of the Power Bracket for Additive Manufacturing Based on Topological Optimization Algorithms.- Chapter 9. Identification and Active Control of the Chatter Phenomenon in the Milling Process Using a Pneumatic Actuator.- Chapter 10. SHS-extrusion of a composite material based on aluminum-magnesium spinel.- Part 3: Fluid Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Thermodynamics.- Chapter 11. Visual Observation of the Vortex Flow from the same Diameter Circular Cylinders which Sandwiched a Partition Disk.- Chapter 12. Experimental Study of the Porous Emitter Installed in a Gas Porous Burner.- Chapter 13. Experimental and Numerical Investigations of effects of Wall Friction and Vibrational Amplitude on Convection Phenomena in Granular Materials under Vertical Vibrations.- Chapter 14. Comparative study of radiative flux from mushroom BLEVE model.- Part 4: Applied Mechanics and Engineering Mechanics.- Chapter 15. Belt Layer Effects on Non-Pneumatic Tire Performance by Finite Element Analysis. etc.