An experimental study to enhance the cutting performance in abrasive waterjet machining

Machining Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-207

  Wang, J ^a   Kuriyagawa, T ^b   Huang, C Z ^a,c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abrasive waterjet cutting; Cutting performance; Machining; Multipass cutting

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVE CUTTING; ALUMINA; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; JETS; PERFORMANCE;

MULTIPASS CUTTING;

MACHINING;

EID: 0037766724     PISSN: 10910344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/MST-120022777     Document Type: Article

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