Geometric modeling of cutterlworkpiece engagements in three-Axis milling using polyhedral representations

Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 0310071-03100713

  Aras, Eyyup ^a   Yip Hoi, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 axis milling; Cutter workpiece engagements; Polyhedral models; Swept volumes; Virtual machining

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951532156     PISSN: 15309827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2960490     Document Type: Article

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