Response of titanium aluminide alloy to abrasive waterjet cutting: Geometrical accuracy and surface integrity issues versus process parameters

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-41

  Kong, M C ^a   Axinte, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abrasive waterjet cutting; Geometrical accuracy; Process parameters; Surface integrity; Titanium aluminide

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVE WATERJET CUTTING; GEOMETRICAL ACCURACY; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SURFACE INTEGRITY; TITANIUM ALUMINIDE;

ABRASIVES; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; ALLOYS; CUTTING TOOLS; GAS TURBINES; GRINDING (MACHINING); IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); QUALITY ASSURANCE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACES; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TITANIUM; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER CRAFT;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 67349223703     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM1226     Document Type: Article

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