Abstract: It was my privilege to have served as editor of the Journal since August 1991. My two terms of office are complete and I am very pleased to announce that Professor Kornel F. Ehmann from ...

Abstract: This paper examines the surface generation process in the micro-endmilling of both single-phase and multiphase workpiece materials. We used 508 μm dia endmills with edge radii of 2 and 5 μm ...

Abstract: In Part II of this paper, a cutting force model for the micro-endmilling process is developed. This model incorporates the minimum chip thickness concept in order to predict the effects of ...

Abstract: This paper presents a new method for stability analysis of the variable spindle speed face milling process whose dynamics are described by a set of differential-difference equations with periodic ...

Abstract: In this paper a mechanistic force model for contour turning is presented. Analytical solutions are developed for evaluation of the mechanistic parameters (chip load, chip thickness, chip width, ...

Abstract: A mechanistic modeling approach to predicting cutting forces is developed for multi-axis ball end milling of free-form surfaces. The workpiece surface is represented by discretized point vectors. ...

Abstract: A finite element thermal model is devised to capture the transient temperatures in the workpiece in drilling. Experimental observations along with an inverse heat conduction procedure is utilized ...

Abstract: A finite element thermo-elastic model is devised to capture the radial errors induced in the workpiece in drilling. The temperature rise in the workpiece modeled in Part 1 of this paper is ...