Table of Contents
Preface ix
Chapter 1. Machinability: Existing and Advanced Concepts 1
Viktor P. Astakhov
Chapter 2. Milling Burr Formation and Avoidance 57
Seyed A. Niknam, Walery Wygowski, Marek Balazinksi and Victor Songmene
Chapter 3. Machinability of Titanium and Its Alloys 95
Ali Hosseini, Hossam A. Kishawy and Hussein M. Hussein
Chapter 4. Effects of Alloying Elements on the Machinability of Near-Eutectic Al-Si Casting Alloys 119
Yasser Zedan, Saleh A. Alkahtani and Fawzy H. Samuel
5. The Machinability of Hard Materials – A Review 145
Paulo Campos, J. Paulo Davim, J. Roberto Ferreira, A. Paulo Paiva and P. Paulo Balestrassi Chapter 6. An Investigation of Ductile Regime Machining of Silicon Nitride Ceramics 175
Vijayan Krishnaraj and S. Senthil Kumar
List of Authors 229
Index 233