Optimizing electric discharge machining parameters for tungsten-carbide utilizing thermo-mathematical modelling

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue , 2012, Pages 161-175

  Singh, Harminder ^a   Shukla, D K ^b  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DR B R AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

EDM; Energy distribution; Thermal model; Tungsten carbide

Indexed keywords

CRATER GEOMETRY; DIELECTRIC FLUID; DISCHARGE CURRENTS; DISCHARGE ENERGY; EDM; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEAT ENERGY; IN-LINE; MACHINING CHARACTERISTICS; MACHINING PARAMETERS; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE; OPTIMUM PARAMETERS; OPTIMUM VALUE; PULSE DURATIONS; RELATIVE WEAR RATIOS; THERMAL MODEL; WORK PIECES;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRODES; MACHINING CENTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING;

EID: 84862766513     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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