Hole quality assessment following drilling of metallic-composite stacks

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 51, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 569-578

  Shyha, I S ^a   Soo, S L ^a   Aspinwall, D K ^a   Bradley, S ^b   Perry, R ^b   Harden, P ^c   Dawson, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GKN Aerospace ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Element Six Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Unimerco Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drilling; Hole quality; Titanium CFRP aluminium stack

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT WING; AVERAGE SURFACE ROUGHNESS; BURR HEIGHT; CARBIDE DRILLS; CARBON FIBRES; COMPOSITE PARTICLES; CVD DIAMOND; CYLINDRICITY; HARD METALS; HOLE EDGE; HOLE QUALITY; HOLE SIZE; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MECHANICAL LOADS; METALLIC ELEMENTS; OUT OF ROUNDNESS; RESPONSE MEASURES; STACK CONFIGURATIONS;

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; ALUMINUM; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CUTTING FLUIDS; DRILLS; EMULSIFICATION; MANUFACTURE; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; PLASTICS; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; WINGS;

DIAMOND DRILLING;

EID: 79957992425     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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