Assessment of factors influencing surface roughness on the machining of Al/SiC particulate composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1584-1591

  Palanikumar, K ^a   Karthikeyan, R ^b  

^a SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Al SiC composites; ANOVA; Normal probability plot; Optimization; Response graph; Response table; Surface roughness; Turning

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBIDE CUTTING TOOLS; GRAPH THEORY; SILICON CARBIDE; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURNING; VOLUME FRACTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE TECHNIQUE; CUTTING SPEED; FEED RATE; NORMAL PROBABILITY PLOT; PARTICULATE COMPOSITES; RESPONSE GRAPH; RESPONSE TABLE;

MICROMACHINING;

ALUMINUM; CARBIDE CUTTING TOOLS; GRAPH THEORY; MICROMACHINING; SILICON CARBIDE; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURNING; VOLUME FRACTION;

EID: 33845214281     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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