Machining and Tribology

Alokesh Pramanik is currently a Senior Lecturer in School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. Prior to that, he held research fellow and research engineering positions at Deakin University and Swinburne University of Technology, respectively. He has edited two books and written sixteen book chapters and dozens of peer-reviewed articles on machining, materials, and tribology. His research interests include machining processes, wear and friction, composite materials, biomaterials, and thin films.

• 1. Introduction to machining tribologyMarta Bogdan-Chudy, Piotr Nieslony, and Grzegorz Królczyk2. The underlying mechanisms of coolant contribution in the machining processBikash Chandra Behera, Chetan, Sudarsan Ghosh, and P. Venkateswara Rao3. Advanced cooling-lubrication technologies in metal machiningMozammel Mia, Muhommad Azizur Rahman, Munish Kumar Gupta, Neeraj Sharma, Mohd Danish, and Chander Prakasj4. Abrasive wear during machining of hard nanostructured cermet coatingsA.K. Basak and Alokesh Pramanik5. Tribology in (abrasive) water jet machining: A reviewK. Bimla Mardi, A.R. Dixit, Alokesh Pramanik, and A.K. Basak6. Modeling and analysis of forces and finishing spot size in the ball end magnetorheological finishing (BEMRF) processZafar Alam, Faiz Iqbal, and Sunil Jha7. Simulation of force, energy, and surface integrity during nanometric machining by molecular dynamicsChenshuo Liu, Pei Chen, and Zhiwei Zhang8. Molecular dynamics simulation of friction, lubrication, and tool wear during nanometric machiningJia Li, Yuanyuan Tian, and Qihong Fang9. Tribological aspects of different machining processesGourhari Ghosh, Mayank Kumar, Ajay M. Sidpara, and P.P. Bandyopadhyay10. Surface texturing for improved tribological performance in deep hole drillingAkshay Chaudhari, Malarvizhi Sankaranarayanasamy, and A. Senthil Kumar