An experimental investigation into the orthogonal cutting of unidirectional fibre reinforced plastics

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1015-1022

  Wang, X M ^a   Zhang, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composites; Machining damage; Orthogonal cutting; Surface integrity; Unidirectional fibre

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CUTTING; DEBONDING; DEFORMATION; EPOXY RESINS; MACHINABILITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CHIPPING;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0038241816     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6955(03)00090-7     Document Type: Article

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