Comparative study on the machinability aspects of aluminium silicon carbide and aluminium graphite composites

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 903-908

  Krishnamurthy, L ^a   Sridhara, B K ^a   Budan, D Abdul ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY B D T COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminium matrix composites; Design of experiments; Machinability; Regression machinability models

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; GRAPHITE; MACHINABILITY; SILICON CARBIDE;

ALUMINIUM MATRIX COMPOSITES; CUTTING PARAMETERS; MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING; REGRESSION MACHINABILITY MODELS;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 35648970613     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426910701451754     Document Type: Article

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