Metal Machining — Theory and Applications

A mechanical-engineering reference on the theory and practice of metal machining — turning, milling, drilling, grinding — with coverage of tool materials, chip formation and surface integrity.

The text develops the analytic and numerical theory of metal cutting from first principles, working from the mechanics of chip formation and the friction conditions at the tool–chip interface through tool-wear processes, the metallurgy of cutting-tool materials, and the finite-element simulation of machining. The treatment of surface integrity, residual stresses and machinability of difficult alloys connects the laboratory theory to the working concerns of production and process engineers, and chapters on grinding and the high-speed regime extend coverage beyond conventional turning and milling.

The collaboration is an Anglo-Japanese one: Thomas H. C. Childs at the University of Leeds carried the analytic and process-modelling material from a long programme on tool–chip mechanics, while Katsuhiro Maekawa at Ibaraki University and Toshiyuki Obikawa, then at Tokyo, supplied the numerical-simulation and high-speed-machining perspective of Japanese precision engineering. Arnold issued the volume on its 2000 mechanical-engineering list as a graduate-level synthesis.