Machinability of Advanced Materials

J. Paulo Davim is Aggregate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro, in Portugal. He is also the Head of the Machining and Tribology Research Group (MACTRIB). He is Editor in Chief of six international journals, as well as being a guest editor of journals, a book editor, a book series editor and the scientific advisory for many international journals and conferences. In addition, he has authored and co-authored more than 40 book chapters and 350 articles in journals and conferences (h-index 30+).

• Preface ix Chapter 1. Machinability: Existing and Advanced Concepts 1Viktor P. AstakhovChapter 2. Milling Burr Formation and Avoidance 57Seyed A. Niknam, Walery Wygowski, Marek Balazinksi and Victor SongmeneChapter 3. Machinability of Titanium and Its Alloys 95Ali Hosseini, Hossam A. Kishawy and Hussein M. HusseinChapter 4. Effects of Alloying Elements on the Machinability of Near-Eutectic Al-Si Casting Alloys 119Yasser Zedan, Saleh A. Alkahtani and Fawzy H. Samuel5. The Machinability of Hard Materials – A Review 145Paulo 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 175Vijayan Krishnaraj and S. Senthil Kumar List of Authors 229 Index 233