Some investigations into wire electro-discharge machining performance of Al/SiCp composites

International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 412-431

  Patil, N G ^a   Brahmankar, P K ^a  

^a DR BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs); Taguchi methods; Wire Electro Discharge Machining (WEDM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 55649090133     PISSN: 17485711     EISSN: 1748572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMMM.2006.012350     Document Type: Article

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