
4D Printing of Composites
Methods and Applications
- 1st Edition - August 9, 2024
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Gurminder Singh, Ranvijay Kumar, Sunpreet Singh, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 5 1 8 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 5 1 7 - 9
4D Printing of Composites: Methods and Applications provides comprehensive coverage of the theory behind this emerging technology, its impact on materials development, functiona… Read more
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4D Printing of Composites: Methods and Applications provides comprehensive coverage of the theory behind this emerging technology, its impact on materials development, functional characterization, and the technical details required for readers to investigate novel emerging applications. The advantages and limitations of the technology are discussed in detail as well as laboratory developments, industrial implications, commercialization, and avenues for future development. The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers working in materials science, mechanical engineering, and product design and those working in composite materials development and manufacturing engineering in various industries.
- Provides in-depth technical discussion on the mechanisms of 4D printing for composites
- Covers 4D printing process modelling and optimization
- Includes mathematical/simulation studies of composite 4D printing
- Examines multi-material 4D printing of different composite materials
- Discusses 4D printing features of developed industrial products and their characterization
Academic and industrial researchers in materials science, mechanical engineering, and product design and those working in composite materials development and manufacturing engineering in aerospace, automobile, pharmaceutical, construction and biomedical industries.Postgraduate students in materials science, product design and manufacturing, and engineering
2. Direct 4D printing of composite materials
3. Meta-structures 4D printing of thermoplastic composites for smart microscale bioengineering
4. Multi-materials/hybrid composite 4D printing
5. Mathematical/simulation studies of composite 4D printing
6. 4D-printable polymeric smart materials for tissue engineering
7. 4D printing of composites: Challenges, opportunities, and paths to commercialization
8. 4D printing of composites—Avenues for the future
9. Social and economic aspects of 4D printing
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 9, 2024
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
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Gurminder Singh
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Ranvijay Kumar
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Sunpreet Singh
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Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an Adjunct Professor and Director of Laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor in his research areas. He has published with Elsevier, the American Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.