"Materials Forming and Machining: Research and Development" from Elsevier Inc.'s Woodhead Publishing imprint publishes refereed, high-quality articles with a special emphasis on R&D in forming materials, machining and its applications. A large family of manufacturing processes are now involved in material formation, with plastic deformation and other techniques commonly used to change the shape of a workpiece.

Materials forming techniques discussed in the book, which is edited by J. Paulo Davim, include extrusion, forging, rolling, drawing, sheet metal forming, microforming, hydroforming, thermoforming and incremental forming, among others. In addition, traditional machining, nontraditional machining, abrasive machining, hard-part machining, high-speed machining, high-efficiency machining and micromachining are also explored, proving that forming technologies and machining can be applied to a variety of materials.

This seven-chapter book is aimed at undergraduates in engineering courses, for example, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, industrial and materials. The book is also aimed at academics, manufacturing researchers and other professionals in related industries with materials forming and machining.