Wire electrical discharge machining of gamma titanium aluminide for optimum process criteria yield in single pass cutting operation

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 207-223

  Sarkar, S ^a   Mitra, S ^a   Bhattacharyya, B ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ANN; Bayesian regularisation; Optimisation; Wire EDM; titanium aluminide

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; NICKEL ALLOYS; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SUPERALLOYS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; ULTRASONIC CUTTING;

BAYESIAN REGULARIZATION; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY (RSA); WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING (WEDM); Γ TITANIUM ALUMINIDE;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING;

EID: 20044395986     PISSN: 13682148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2005.006831     Document Type: Article

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