Functionally Graded Materials

• Main Authors: Mahamood, Rasheedat Modupe (Author), Akinlabi, Esther Titilayo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Structural materials.; Materials Science.; Structural Materials.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.

This book presents the concept of functionally graded materials as well as their use and different fabrication processes. The authors describe the use of additive manufacturing technology for the production of very complex parts directly from the three dimension computer aided design of the part by...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Functionally Graded Materials
• Types of Functionally Graded Materials and their Areas Of Application
• Processing Methods of Functionally Graded Materials
• Additive Manufacturing of Functionally Graded Materials
• Experimental Analysis of Functionally Graded Materials from Laser Deposition Process (Case Study)
• Future Research Direction in FGM and Summary.