Using the versatile boundary element method, the authors illustrate an array of numerical simulations of manufacturing processes and show how to integrate these analyses into the design cycle.

1. Introduction; 2. Problems Involving Large Stains and Rotations; 3. Thermal Problems; 4. Design Sensitivities and Optimization; 5. Planar Forming Processes; 6. Axisymmetric Forming Processes; 7. Solidification Processes; 8. Machining Processes; 9. Integral Equations for Ceramic Grinding Processes; Index

Abhijit ChandraProfessor of Mechanican Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Michigan Technological University, Subrata MukherjeeProfessor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University

"This work can be used as a reference book in a graduate course in boundary element methods applied to manufacturing. Boundary Element Methods in Manufacturing, which is written by experts in the field and is full of original current research, should be of immense interest to researchers, engineers, scientists, and graduate and postgraduate students who are interested in computational solid mechanics and heat transfer as applied to manufacturing."--Applied Mechanics Review