Machinability of Advanced Materials

Machinability of Advanced Materials addresses the level of difficulty involved in machining a material, or multiple materials, with the appropriate tooling and cutting parameters.  A variety of factors determine a material’s machinability, including tool life rate, cutting forces and power consumption, surface integrity, limiting rate of metal removal, and chip shape. These topics, among others, and multiple examples comprise this research resource for engineering students, academics, and practitioners.

Keywords: Materials Characterization, Machinability, tooling and cutting parameters, tool life, tool wear rate, cutting forces, surface integrity, chip shape, J. Paulo Davim