Preface xxv Acknowledgments xxix 1 Introduction to Laser-Assisted Machining 1Sandip Kunar, K. Vijetha, Jagadeesha T., Abhishek Ghosh, S. Rama Sree, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Sreenivasa Reddy Medapati and Nabankur Mandal 2 Laser Welding in Manufacturing Applications 17P. Sivasankaran 3 Laser-Assisted Machining for Advanced Materials 27Sandip Kunar, Abhishek Ghosh, Rajesh Kumar, D.V. Janaki, Jagadeesha T., Norfazillah Talib, K.V.S.R. Murthy, Sreenivasa Reddy Medapati and Prasenjit Chatterjee 4 Optimization of Laser Cutting Parameters Using the Taguchi Approach 41Ranjith Raj A., Senthamarai Kannan C. and Sivaramapandian J. 5 Laser-Assisted Micromilling (LAMM): Process and Applications 53M. Sivakumar, S. Jayanth, S. Shriram and J. Jerald 6 Removing Algae and Moss Growth on Compressed Stabilized Earth Block Wall Surface by Laser Cleaning 69Vinod B. R. and K.R. Ashwini 7 A Review of the Effects of Laser Cleaning on the Development of Corrosion and the Removal of Rust in Steel Bridges in Marine Environments 87Vinod B. R. and Swetha G. A. 8 Laser-Assisted Machining: Its Capability and Future 115Sandip Kunar, K. Vijetha, Adduri S. S. M. Sitaramamurty, Chanchal Biswas, S. Tripathy, Jagadeesha T. and Sujana Nowshin 9 A Review of the Applications of the Laser Crack Measurement for White Topping Road 129Vinod B. R. and K.R. Ashwini 10 Characterization of Tensile and Impact Properties of Fabricated AlSi10Mg by Selective Laser Melting Technique 147Sibabrata Mohanty, Ajit Kumar Senapati, Gopal Krusha Mohanty and Debesh Mishra 11 The Developments and Retrospect of Water-Laser Machining Technology: An Overview 161Pravin Pawar, Amaresh Kumar and Raj Ballav 12 Laser Welding of Aluminum Alloys 207Prerona Saha, Abhishek Ghosh, Kalyan Das, Uttam Kumar Murmu, Sandip Kunar and Manojit Ghosh 13 Laser-Assisted Grinding and Milling 227A. C. Uma Maheshwer Rao 14 Trends in Laser-Assisted Hybrid Machining to Enhance the Performance Quality of Electrical Discharge Machining Process: Opportunities and Challenges 247S. Tripathy, D.K. Tripathy and S.R. Biswal 15 Laser Welding of Thin Ferrous Sheets with Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Sheets 259Dhanraj B. Waghmare and Partha Saha 16 Laser Cutting, Drilling, and Piercing 273Yajush Walia, Roopak Varshney and Param Singh 17 Femtosecond Laser Machining 293Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar 18 Fundamentals of Laser Welding 315Jagadeesha T., Sandip Kunar and Prasenjit Chatterjee 19 High-Power Laser in Material Processing Applications 333Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar 20 Hybrid Laser Electrochemical Micromachining 353Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar 21 Introduction to Solid-State Lasers 367Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar 22 Laser Micro- and Nanoprocessing 381Jagadeesha T., Sandip Kunar and Prasenjit Chatterjee 23 Waterjet-Guided Laser Cutting Technology 401Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar 24 Fundamentals of Laser Machining 415Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar 25 Opportunities and Challenges in Laser Bending 435Omkumar M. and Saravanan R. 26 Laser Cleaning and Its Advancements 447Omkumar M. and Saravanan R. References 458 Index 461

This unique book develops exhaustive engineering perceptions of different laser-assisted techniques, reviews the engineering context of different laser fabrication techniques, and describes the application of laser-assisted fabrication techniques. Lasers are essential in the area of material processing because they can produce coherent beams with little divergence. The fabrication process known as surface cladding includes joining (soldering, welding), material removal (laser-aided drilling, cutting, etc.), deformation (extrusion, bending), and material addition. Some remarkable advantages of laser-assisted material development include faster processing rates and preservation of essential alloying components. However, the lack of widespread understanding of various material phenomena and how laser parameters affect them prevents the technology from being widely accepted on an industrial scale. Among the subjects Laser-Assisted Machining covers include high-powered lasers in material processing applications, laser-based joining of metallic and non-metallic materials, direct laser cladding, laser surface processing, laser micro and nano processing, emerging laser materials processing techniques, solid-state lasers, laser cutting, drilling and piercing, laser welding, laser bending or forming, laser cleaning, laser automation and in-process sensing, femtosecond laser micromachining, laser-assisted micro-milling/grinding, laser-assisted jet electrochemical micro-machining, laser-assisted water jet micro-machining, hybrid laser-electrochemical micromachining process, quill and nonreciprocal ultrafast laser writing, laser surface engineering, ultrashort pulsed laser surface texturing, laser interference patterning systems, laser interference lithography, laser-guided discharge texturing. Audience The book will be used by researchers in the fields of manufacturing technology and materials science as well as engineers and high-level technicians for a better understanding of various innovative and novel techniques to cope with the need of micromachining, as well as microfabrication industries for successful implementation of microproduct manufacturing.