Intro
Contents
About the Editors
On Study of Stress Intensity Factors for Different FGM Plates Having Inclined Edge Crack Using Extended Finite Element Method
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Method
2.1 FGM Material Models
2.2 Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM)
2.3 Interaction Integral
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Validation of Computer Code
3.2 Parametric Analysis of Edge Crack
4 Conclusion
References
Analysis of Sensitization in Austenitic Stainless Steel-Welded Joint
1 Introduction
2 Experimental Details
2.1 Base and Filler Material

2.2 Welding Procedure
2.3 Sensitization Treatment
2.4 Sampling of Specimen
2.5 Tensile, Microhardness, and Impact Test
2.6 Metallographic
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Metallographic Studies of Specimen Welded at Different Welding Conditions
3.2 Metallographic Studies of Specimen Normalizing at 750 °C
3.3 Metallographic Studies of Specimen Normalizing at 850 °C
3.4 Metallographic Studies of Specimen Normalizing at 1000 °C
4 Conclusions
References
Comparative Analysis on Mechanical Properties of Al 6061 and Al 7075 Cross Matrix Composites
1 Introduction

2 Experimental Procedure
2.1 Material Composition
2.2 Preparation of Composites
3 Compositions
3.1 Heat Treatment Process
4 Mechanical Characterization
4.1 Hardness Test
4.2 Impact Test
4.3 Tensile Test
5 Result and Discussion
5.1 Hardness Test
5.2 Impact Test
5.3 Tensile Test
6 Conclusions
References
Tensile and Flexural Behaviour of Areca Husk Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composite
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Methods
2.1 Fibre Extraction
2.2 Surface Treatment
2.3 Composite Fabrication
2.4 Mechanical Characterization

3 Results and Discussions
3.1 Physical Characterization
3.2 Surface Morphology
3.3 Tensile Strength
3.4 Flexural Strength
4 Conclusion
References
Control Techniques and Failure Mode of Active Magnetic Bearing in Machine Tool System
1 Introduction
1.1 Active Magnetic Bearing-Control Techniques
2 Literature Review
2.1 Active Magnetic Bearing
2.2 Identification of Faults and Failure in AMB System
3 Conclusion
References
A Technological Review on Temperature Measurement Techniques in Various Machining Processes
1 Introduction

2 Study of Various Temperature-Sensing Techniques
2.1 Thermocouples
2.2 Thermochemical Powders
2.3 Thermal-Sensitive Paint Method
2.4 Metallurgical Method
2.5 Infrared Camera
3 Results and Discussion
4 Conclusion
References
Development of a Model for the Number of Bends During Stirrup Making Process
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Method
2.1 Experimental Model Formulation
2.2 Experimental Procedure
2.3 Formulation of Model by Dimensional Analysis
2.4 Design of Experiments
3 Analysis of Model
3.1 Analysis of Model for No. of Bends