Principal curvature alignment technique for machining complex surfaces

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 119, Issue 4B, 1997, Pages 756-765

  Bedi, S ^a   Gravelle, S ^a   Chen, Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

CURVATURE ALIGNMENT METHOD; METAL REMOVAL RATE (MRR);

MACHINING;

EID: 0031269364     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2836821     Document Type: Article

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