This book covers a wide range of conventional and non-conventional machining processes of various composite materials, including polymer and metallic-based composites, nanostructured composites and green/natural composites. It presents state-of-the-art academic work and industrial developments in material fabrication, machining, modelling and applications, together with current practices and requirements for producing high-quality composite components. There are also dedicated chapters on physical properties and fabrication techniques of different composite material groups. The book also has chapters on health and safety considerations when machining composite materials and recycling composite materials. The contributors present machining composite materials in terms of operating conditions; cutting tools; appropriate machines; and typical damage patterns following machining operations.

This book serves as a useful reference for manufacturing engineers, production supervisors, tooling engineers, planning and application engineers, and machine tool designers. It can also benefit final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students, as it provides comprehensive information on the machining of composite materials to produce high-quality final components. The book chapters were authored by experienced academics and researchers from four continents and nine countries including Canada, China, Egypt, India, Malaysia, Portugal, Singapore, United Kingdom and the USA.

Autorentext

Prof. Islam Shyha is a Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Head of Mechanical Engineering and Design at the School of Engineering and the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University. Prof. Shyha has over 20 years of experience working in higher education. He received his Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Practice from Northumbria University, PhD from The University of Birmingham, MSc, and BSc from Alexandria University. He also worked at Northumbria University, The Birmingham University and Alexandria University. He has extensive experience in the conventional and non-conventional machining of composite materials. His work is supported by the UK Research Council, Innovate UK and industry. Prof. Shyha is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), teaches mechanical and manufacturing engineering courses and supervises MSc and PhD projects in advanced manufacturing Engineering. He also had several honorary positions at Newcastle University (UK) and the Vietnamese German University (Vietnam). Prof. Shyha has authored/co-authored more than 100 articles published in journals & international conferences and a patent on a novel composite machining tool. He also contributes to the global research communities and actively participates as a reviewer for many manufacturing and materials international journals.

Dr Dehong Huo is a Senior Lecturer in Precision Manufacturing in the School of Engineering at Newcastle University (UK). He is a member of the European Society of Precision Engineering & Nanotechnology (Euspen), Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), and EPSRC College, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). Dr Huo's research interests lie in precision machine tools, advanced manufacturing, and modelling of machining processes. His work has been supported by the UK Research Council, Innovate UK and industry. He has authored/co-authored four books, over 100 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Fibre Reinforced Composites (FRPs).- Conventional Machining Processes of FRPs.- Nonconventional Machining Processes of FRPs.- Modelling of Machining Composites.- Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs).- Conventional Machining of Metal Matrix based Composites.- Non-conventional Machining of Metal Matrix based Composites.- Modelling of Cutting Metal Matrix Composites.- Machining/Drilling of Composite Metallic Stacks.- Machining of Ceramic Matrix Composites.- Nano-structured Polymer based Composites.- Machining of Nano-structured Polymer Composites.- Green, Natural Fibre and Hybrid Composites.- Machining of Green and Natural Fibre Composites.- Grinding and Abrasive Machining of Composite Materials.- Cutting Tools for Machining Composites.- Health and Safety Considerations in Machining Composites.