Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering - Revolution and challenge in machining/forming processing aiming at carbon reduction
Huge carbon emissions in machining and forming processes, which characterized by high energy consumption and usage of non-renewable resources, is becoming an obsession in the past decades. At present, the sustainable/green machining/forming technologies has become a hot topic in the manufacturing industry, especially at the request of international strategy named by ‘peak carbon dioxide emissions’. Emerging sustainable technologies (e.g., dry condition, cryogenic cooling, minimum quantity lubrication) are increasingly reported and preliminarily validated. However, there are certain limitations at various conditions (e.g., drilling, grinding, forming) and application fields (e.g., aerospace field). This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and pioneering reviews on the domain of machining and forming with various novel techniques aiming at carbon reduction. More specifically, experimental and numerical studies are included in this Special Issue with the emphasis to be given on the improvement of machining/forming performance (e.g., energy reduction, improvement of efficient and quality, suppression of machining defects) and understanding of unknown mechanisms (e.g., atomization, infiltration, film-forming and thermostability of bio-lubricant) by combining existing green technologies and assistant technologies (e.g., ultrasonic, electrostatic atomization, and nano-enhanced bio-lubricant). Moreover, this Special Issue welcomes pioneering reviews studies that summarize and discuss the latest trends in the sustainable machining/forming field covering different kind of workpiece materials (e.g., difficult-to-cutting materials), different conditions (e.g., milling, drilling, machining), and relationship between machining performance and physicochemical property of lubricant. Research related to new lubricant, methods for enhanced sustainable machining/forming applications, from the level of fundamental principles, materials, components, and systems is all welcomed.
Guest editors:
Prof. Changhe Li, Qingdao University of Technology, 266520 Qingdao, China
E-mail: sy_lichanghe@163.com (this opens in a new tab)
Prof. Hafiz Muhammad Ali, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Email: h.m.ali@uettaxila.edu.pk (this opens in a new tab)
Prof. Grzegorz M. Krolczyk, Opole University of Technology, Poland
Email: g.krolczyk@po.opole.pl (this opens in a new tab)
Prof. Shubham Sharma, IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, India
Email: shubham543sharma@gmail.com (this opens in a new tab)
Prof. Zafar Said, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Email: zsaid@sharjah.ac.ae (this opens in a new tab)
Special issue information:
The challenge-led special issue series: “Revolution and challenge in machining/forming processing aiming at carbon reduction”.
Achieving the global energy, sustainability, and decarbonization targets will rely on new breakthroughs, ideas, and concepts. These significant achievements are cutting-edge “challenges” for researchers and engineers: Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering contributes to the present discussion by proposing “the challenge-led special issue series”. Each special issue within this series aims to answer essential questions for the current state-of-the-art: When looking all-in-once at the papers published in the different special issues, researchers and engineers may find answers, suggestions, and ideas to achieve significant technical achievements.
The studies may include, but are not limited to the following topics:
Nanofluids minimum quantity lubricationCryogenic minimum quantity lubricationElectrostatic atomization assisted minimum quantity lubricationMaterial removal and damage mechanisms of composite materials machining with sustainable technologyDamage inhibition mechanism of difficult-to-machining material in green manufacturingThe advance application of sustainable manufacturing in biomedical fieldMachining performance of high/ultra-high speed grinding with usage of minimum quantity lubricationInfiltration mechanism and properties of lubricant in complex grinding zoneInfiltration mechanism and properties of lubricant at micro texture of tool surfaceAntifriction and antiwear behavior of (nano-enhanced) bio-lubricant in cutting zoneHeat transfer mechanism of (nano-enhanced) bio-lubricant in cutting zoneAtomization behavior of lubricant with assisted of electronic field
Notes for Prospective Authors
The submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a peer review process. For more information, please visit http://link.springer.com/journal/11465 (this opens in a new tab)
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Article types
Review article, Research article, Rapid communications, Comments, Prospective, etc.
Important Dates
Submission Deadline: April 30th, 2022
Publication date: September 30th, 2022
Highlights of Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering
Indexed: SCIE (2020 IF 4.528, Q1), SCOPUS, Google Scholar, CSCD, etc.
Peer review period: < 3 months
Publication: CAP and printing
From acceptance to publication: < 3 months
Charge: No page charges, no page limitation
For enquiries regarding this Special Issue please contact the editorial office
Tingting Guo
guott@hep.com.cn (this opens in a new tab)