Metal Cutting Principles

The book presents the latest findings on the relationships between metal cutting and fundamental physics, chemistry, the behavior of materials, and the engineering sciences of heat transfer, solid mechanics, and surface science (tribology).

This book identifies the major problem areas of metal cutting during the production of mechanical components. Thoroughly updated with new questions and exercises at the end of each chapter, the book relates observed performance in metal cutting to fundamental physics, materials behavior, and chemistry. In addition, heat transfer, tribology, and solid mechanics are covered in appropriate detail.

Key Features
Includes five new chapters:

• Modeling of Chip Formation
• Wavy Chip Formation
• Saw-Tooth Chip Formation
• Precision Engineering
• Unusual Applications of the Metal Cutting Process
• Discusses mathematical modeling and provides simplified models that cover thermal, material, and surface considerations during various aspects of the cutting process

About the Author
Milton C. Shaw is Professor Emeritus of Engineering at Arizona State University. Throughout his career he has worked as a consultant to more than one hundred industrial companies and universities in the U.S. and abroad. During WWII, he was in charge of the Materials Division of NASA in Cleveland. Following the war, he served as Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and later as Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Carnagie Mellon University. In 1978, he joined Arizona State University. Professor Shaw has a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Cincinnati and Honorary Doctorates from Drexel Universtiy in Philadelphia and Louvain University in Belgium. He is a member of a number of engineering societies around the world, including the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, the Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Polish Academy of Science.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Symbols
• Introduction
• Typical Cutting Operations
• Mechanics of Steady State
• Elastic Behavior
• Plastic Behavior
• Fracture
• Dynamometry
• Shear Strain in Cutting
• Shear Stress in Cutting
• Friction
• Wear and Tool Life
• Cutting Temperatures
• Cutting Fluids
• Tool Materials
• Work Material Considerations
• Complex Tools
• Surface Integrity
• Chip Control
• Optimization
• Modeling of Chip Formation
• Wavy Chip Formation
• Saw-Tooth Chip Formation
• Precision Engineering
• Unusual Applications of the Metal Cutting Process