Study into causes of damage to carbon epoxy composite material during the drilling process

International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 309-325

  Rahme, Pierre ^a   Landon, Yann ^a   Lagarrigue, Pierre ^a   Lachaud, Frederic ^b   Piquet, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b Institute Supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'Espace   (France)

Author keywords

Composite material; Countersinking; Cutting conditions; Defect; Delamination; Drilling; High speed view camera; Infrared thermographic camera; Reaming; Twist drill

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CARBON; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEFECTS; DELAMINATION; DRILLING; GLASS CERAMICS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REAMING;

COUNTERSINKING; CUTTING CONDITIONS; HIGH SPEED; THERMOGRAPHIC CAMERAS; TWIST DRILLS;

INFILL DRILLING;

EID: 55649123464     PISSN: 17485711     EISSN: 1748572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMMM.2008.020966     Document Type: Article

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