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Introduction to Abrasive Water Jet Machining

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Abrasive water jet machining (AWJM) is an advanced machining process and has a potential to cut a wide range of engineering materials. This chapter provides an understanding of AWJM process. It sheds light on working principle and mechanism of AWJM process and its process parameters, and significant benefits are discussed. This chapter also reviews some of the recent past work on cutting of various engineering materials and machining of complex shapes, typical features, and micro-parts by AWJM.

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Jagadish, Gupta, K. (2020). Introduction to Abrasive Water Jet Machining. In: Abrasive Water Jet Machining of Engineering Materials. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36001-6_1

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