Download or read book Surface Engineering of Modern Materials written by Kapil Gupta and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on surface engineering of a wide range of modern materials such as smart alloys, light metals, polymers, and composites etc. for their improved manufacturability. It discusses the effect of surface engineering processes namely friction stir processing, forming, spark erosion, welding, laser heating, and coating etc. on various properties of modern materials. The book aims to facilitate researchers and engineers for manufacturing modern materials for numerous commercial, precision and scientific applications.