Application of Lasers in Manufacturing

Front Matter ....Pages i-xx
 Comparative Investigation on the Effects of Laser Annealing and Laser Shock Peening on the As-Manufactured Ni–Ti Shape Memory Alloy Structures Developed by Laser Additive Manufacturing  (S. Shiva, I. A. Palani, C. P. Paul, B. Singh)....Pages 1-20
 A Numerical Investigation into the Effect of Forced Convection Cooling on the Performance of Multi-scan Laser Bending Process  (Ravi Kant, Shrikrishna N. Joshi)....Pages 21-43
 Experimental Study of Fiber Laser Weldments of 5 mm Thick Ti–6Al–4V Alloy  (Chandan Kumar, Manas Das, C. P. Paul, B. Singh)....Pages 45-67
 Laser Microwelding of Titanium Alloy  (M. Baruah, S. Bag)....Pages 69-94
 Thermal Stress Analysis in Selective Laser Melting of Ti6Al4V Powder Layer  (Rahul Sharma, Shubhra Saxena, Arvind Kumar)....Pages 95-110
 Laser Micromachining of Semiconductor Materials  (S. Singh, G. L. Samuel)....Pages 111-141
 An Insight into Laser-Assisted Jet Electrochemical Machining Process  (Anup Malik, Alakesh Manna)....Pages 143-177
 Nd:YAG Laser Cutting of Ni-Based Superalloy Thin Sheet: Experimental Modeling and Process Optimization  (P. Joshi, A. Sharma, V. Yadava, Y. K. Modi)....Pages 179-207
 Experimental Investigations into Underwater Laser Transmission Micro-channeling on PMMA  (S. Biswas, N. Roy, R. Biswas, A. S. Kuar)....Pages 209-229
 Sensitivity Analysis of Submerged Laser Beam Cutting on Inconel 625 Superalloy  (N. Roy, A. S. Kuar, S. Mitra, A. Das)....Pages 231-253