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Metal machining is one of the most widespread and economically important engineering industry manufacturing processes. Although it is an old and established process, changes and improvements occur constantly in response to new materials and new needs for, and pressures on, productivity. This book explains the mechanical, thermal and materials principles of the process and shows how these principles determine industrial application conditions. Its coverage ranges from classical analysis and methods of production optimization to the uses of finite element and artificial intelligence methods for predicting machining performance.
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Childs Prelims 28:3:2000 4:07 pm Page i Metal Machining Theory and Applications Thomas Childs University of Leeds, UK Katsuhiro Maekawa Ibaraki University, Japan Toshiyuki Obikawa Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Yasuo Yamane Hiroshima University, Japan A member of the Hodder Headline Group LONDON Copublished in North, Central and South America by John Wiley & Sons Inc. New York-Toronto Childs Prelims 28:3:2000 4:07 pm Page ii First published in Great Britain in 2000 by Arnold, a member of the Hodder Headline Group, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH http://www.arnoldpublishers.com Copublished in North, Central and South America by John Wiley & Sons Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158–0012 © 2000 Thomas Childs, Katsuhiro Maekawa, Toshiyuki Obikawa and Yasuo Yamane All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronically or mechanically, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without either prior permission in writing from the publishers or a licence permitting restricted copying. In the United Kingdom suc