A numerical model of the EDM process considering the effect of multiple discharges

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 220-229

  Izquierdo, B ^a   Sanchez J A ^a   Plaza, S ^a   Pombo, I ^a   Ortega, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

EDM; Material removal rate; Roughness prediction; Thermal model

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; MACHINING; MATERIALS; MICROMACHINING; MODAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REMOVAL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; COMPLEX NATURES; DISCHARGE CHANNELS; EDM; EDM MACHINES; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRICAL PHENOMENON; FINITE DIFFERENCES; HARD MATERIALS; INVERSE IDENTIFICATIONS; MATERIAL REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE; MULTIPLE DISCHARGES; NON-CONVENTIONAL MACHINING; NUMERICAL MODELS; PROCESS MODELLING; ROUGHNESS PREDICTION; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SIMULATION AND MODELLING; TEMPERATURE FIELDS; THERMAL MODEL; TOOLING INDUSTRIES; WORK PIECES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING;

EID: 59249086738     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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