Preface xxiii
1 Overview of Advanced Machining and Micromachining Processes 1
M. Abdur Rahman, Serajul Haque and N. Sri Rangarajalu
2 Abrasive Jet Machining 23
Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar
3 Water Jet Machining 35
Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar
4 Electric Discharge Machining 47
Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar
5 Wire-Electric Discharge Machining 65
Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar
6 Laser Beam Machining 77
Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar
7 Plasma Arc Machining 93
Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar
8 Ion Beam Machining 107
Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar
9 Electrochemical Machining 115
Thavasilingam K., Sakthimurugan D., Giridharan K., Praveen Kumar A. and Meenatchisundaram P.
10 Ultrasonic Machining 127
Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar
11 Electron Beam Machining 143
Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar
12 Chemical Machining 159
Jagadeesha T. and Sandip Kunar
13 Electrogrinding 177
Chika Oliver Ujah, Nebechi Kate Obiora and Daramy V.V. Kallon
14 Photochemical Machining 203
Sandip Kunar, Jagadeesha T., Gurudas Mandal, Norfazillah Talib, Akhilesh Kumar Singh and Itha Veeranjaneyulu
15 Abrasive-Assisted Micromachining 215
Rayappa Shrinivas Mahale, Krishnamurthy Goggi, Vaibhav Raibole, K.B. Jagadeeshgouda and Prashant Kakkamari
16 Abrasive Water Jet Micromachining: Pushing the Micro-Frontier Further--A Glimpse at Recent Advancements 251
M. Abdur Rahman, Mohamed Bak Kamaludeen, T. R. Tamilarasan, N. Rajmohan and S. Loganathan
17 Micro-Electrical Discharge Machining: State of Art 273
M. Sivakumar, C. T. Justus Panicker, R. Karthikeyan and G. Suresh
18 Electrochemical Micromachining 295
Bikash Ghoshal and Daya Shankar Diwakar
19 Ultrasonic Micromachining 323
Pradeepkumar Krishnan
20 Laser Surface Modification of Implant Materials: An Insight 333
V. K. Bupesh Raja, Sathish Kannan, Jayaprakash Jeyaraju, V. Selvarani, Abel J. Francis and A. Jayaganthan
21 Ion Beam Processing: A Brief Review 349
Pravin Pawar, Amaresh Kumar and Raj Ballav
22 Parametric Optimization in Electrochemical Discharge Machining of Microchannel on Glass Using Multiple Tool Passes 377
Rithwik Shankar Raj, Neeraj Bagi, Jinka Ranganayakulu, A. Bharatish and K. Venkata Rao
23 Abrasive Water Jet Machining 395
Ashok K.G., Ajith D., Raju M. and Thiagarajan S.
24 Effect of Ultrasonic Vibration-Assisted Micromachining on the Surface Properties of Difficult-to-Machine Materials 415
P. Jeyapandiarajan, Joel J., S. Arulvel, E. Venkatesaperumal, D. Vignesh and Sreethul Das
25 A Significant Impact of Laser-Assisted Micromachining on Tribological Properties of High Strength Alloys 429
E. Venkatesaperumal, P. Jeyapandiarajan, S. Arulvel, J. Joel and Jayakrishna Kandasamy
26 Abrasive Flow Finishing 447
Sandip Kunar, Jagadeesha T., Gurudas Mandal and Norfazillah Talib
27 Elastic Emission Machining 463
Sandip Kunar, Jagadeesha T., Gurudas Mandal and Norfazillah Talib
28 Magnetic Abrasive Finishing Process 467
Sandip Kunar, Jagadeesha T., Gurudas Mandal and Norfazillah Talib
29 Experimental Analysis of EDM Process While Machining Ti-VT20 Alloy 483
Pritam Pain, Goutam Kumar Bose, Dipankar Bose and Sourav Giri
30 Estimation of Machining Performance and Machining Characteristics Using Artificial Neural Network in Wire Electric Discharge Machine for Titanium & P-20 Materials 505
Prathik Jain S., Sundaramahalingam A., Sudhagara Rajan S., Chethan K. N., Rudresh Addamani and Ugrasen G.
31 Chemical-Based Bulk Machining and Fabrication of Silicon Microstructures: An Overview 527
Sumanta Banerjee
References 550
Index 553