This edited book contains extended research papers from AIMTDR 2014. This includes recent research work in the fields of friction stir welding, sheet forming, joining and forming, modeling and simulation, efficient prediction strategies, micro-manufacturing, sustainable and green manufacturing issues etc. This will prove useful to students, researchers and practitioners in the field of materials forming and manufacturing.

Dr. R. Ganesh Narayanan is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. He obtained doctoral degree from Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay and Master's from Department of Manufacturing Technology, Anna University, Chennai. He has published several papers in international journals and conferences and contributed a number of book chapters. He has edited a book on Metal forming. His areas of research include sheet metal forming, forging, joining and forming, adhesive bonded sheets, formability and forming limit and computational applications in metal forming.

Dr. Uday Shankar Dixit obtained a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Roorkee (now Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee) in 1987, an M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur in 1993, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1998. A Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Dr. Dixit has published numerous papers and five books. He has also edited a book on Metal Forming, guest-edited a number of special journal issues and is an associate editor for the Journal of Institution of Engineers, Series C.

Chapter 1. An Efficient Inverse Method for Determining the Material Parameters and Coefficient of Friction in Warm Rolling Process.-Chapter 2. Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF).-Chapter 3. Effect of Yield Strength, Pre-strain and Curvature on Stiffness and Static Dent Resistance of Formed Panel.-Chapter 4. Formability Prediction and Springback Evaluation of Adhesive Bonded Steel Sheets.-Chapter 5. Feasibility Study of Thermal Autofrettage Process.-Chapter 6. Numerical Analysis of Warm Deep Drawing for Ti-6Al-4V Alloy.-Chapter 7. Springback and Formability Studies on Friction Stir Welded Sheets.-Chapter 8. Prediction of Formability of Bi-axial Pre-strained Dual Phase Steel Sheets Using Stress Based Forming Limit Diagram.-Chapter 9. Size Effect on Mechanical Behaviour of SS304.-Chapter 10. Prediction of Weld Induced Angular Distortion of Single Sided and Double Sided Fillet Joint by Saw Process.-Chapter 11. Optimization of Process Parameters in Submerged Arc Welding Using Multi-Objectives Taguchi Method.-Chapter 12. Monitoring of Weld Quality in Friction Stir Welding Based on Spindle Speed and Motor Current Signals.-Chapter 13. Coupled Electromagnetic Structural Simulation of Magnetic Pulse Welding.-Chapter 14. Numerical Analysis of Heat Transfer of Arc Welded Plate.-Chapter 15. Development and Analysis of Butt and Lap Welds in Micro Friction Stir Welding (µFSW).-Chapter 16. Numerical Modeling of Impact and Solidification of a Molten Alloy Droplet on a Substrate.-Chapter 17. Hybrid Friction Stir Welding of Similar and Dissimilar Materials.-Chapter 18. Solid State Joining by Roll Bonding and Accumulative Roll Bonding.