Electro-discharge machining-A qualitative approach

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 853-862

  Panda, Deepak K ^a   Bhoi, Rajat Kumar ^b  

^a Govt of India   (India)

^b VEER SURENDRA SAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Crater depth; Crater radius; Duty factor; Plasma channel radius; Pulse current; Pulse duration; Pulse interval; Pulse power; Pulse voltage

Indexed keywords

FINISHING; HEAT CONDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CRATER DEPTH; CRATER RADIUS; DUTY FACTORS; PLASMA CHANNEL RADIUS; PULSE CURRENT; PULSE DURATION; PULSE INTERVAL; PULSE POWER; PULSE VOLTAGE;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING;

EID: 33750504967     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550600728208     Document Type: Article

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