Prior to any practical application, brittle material components may need to be machined to a
high degree of precision in order to avoid functional breakdown as well as to maintain …

The brittle–ductile transition (BDT) widely exists in the manufacturing with extremely small
deformation scale, thermally assisted machining, and high-speed machining. This paper …

This study investigates the critical maximum undeformed equivalent chip thickness for
ductile-brittle transition (DBh max-e) of zirconia ceramics under different lubrication …

The removal of material in the ductile regime while improving machining efficiency is
currently the technical bottleneck in grinding zirconia ceramics. Prediction models of …

Wire sawing technology has been widely adopted for slicing of brittle-and-hard materials
including crystalline silicon, SiC and sapphire. This paper presents a literature review on the …

Nanomanufacturing involves scaled-up, reliable, and cost-effective manufacturing of
nanoscale materials, structures, devices, and systems. Nanomanufacturing methods can be …

Transparent polycrystalline magnesium aluminate spinel (PMAS), owing to its high optical
transparency with acceptable mechanical properties and chemical stabilities, exhibits great …

Brittle materials have been widely employed for industrial applications due to their excellent
mechanical, optical, physical and chemical properties. But obtaining smooth and damage …

Machining processes have made technological leaps in achieving ultraprecision material
removal and surface finishing at the submicrometric scale. At this level of precision, size …

The mechanism of brittle–ductile cutting mode transition has received much attention over
the past two decades. Due to the difficulties in directly observing the cutting zone during the …