Quantitative evaluation of abrasive contamination in ductile material during abrasive water jet machining and minimising with a nozzle head oscillation technique

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1125-1132

  Patel, Keyurkumar J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abrasive; Aerospace components; Contamination; Material processing; Water jet

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DUCTILITY; JETS; MACHINING; NOZZLES; OSCILLATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABRASIVE WATER JETS (AWJ); AEROSPACE COMPONENTS; PARTICLE EMBEDMENT; WATER JETS;

ABRASIVES;

EID: 2442478515     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2003.12.007     Document Type: Article

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