On the removal of material along a polishing path by fixed abrasives

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 216, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1217-1225

  Zhang, L ^a   Tam, H Y ^b   Yuan, C M ^c   Chen, Y P ^c   Zhou, Z D ^c   Zheng, L ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Elliptical Hertzian contact; Material removal; Polishing; Tool orientation

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVES; ELASTIC MODULI; HARDNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MACHINE TOOLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; POLISHING MACHINES; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE PHENOMENA; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ARCHARD WEAR LAW; CONTACT MODULUS; ELLIPTICAL HERTZIAN CONTACT; FIXED ABRASIVES; MATERIAL REMOVAL; POLISHING PATH; TOOL ORIENTATION; WEAR INDEX;

POLISHING;

EID: 0036386319     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440502760291772     Document Type: Article

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