Manufacturing Processes for Engineering Materials
by Serope Kalpakjian · Kalpakjian
A university textbook covering casting, forming, machining, joining, and finishing, tied to the material properties that constrain each process. Readers learn to select a process and predict how it affects part quality and cost.
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