1. Study on the micro-EDM processing characteristics of Ti-6Al-4V alloy with different electrode materials

   • Sheng-gui Chen
   • Man-qun Lian
   • Bin Xu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 July 2021 Pages: 3369 - 3376

   

2. Energy consumption distribution and optimization of additive manufacturing

   • Zhilin Ma
   • Mengdi Gao
   • Zhifeng Liu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 July 2021 Pages: 3377 - 3390

   

3. Exploratory experiment and numerical simulation investigation on a novel flexible skew rolling of hollow shafts

   • Xiaoqing Cao
   • Baoyu Wang
   • Longfei Lin

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 July 2021 Pages: 3391 - 3403

   

4. Influence of process parameters on material removal during surface milling of curved carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) components: evaluated by a novel residual height calculation method

   • Fuji Wang
   • Yue Li
   • Yongquan Lin

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 July 2021 Pages: 3405 - 3415

   

5. Theoretical and experimental study of ceramic balls lapping with eccentric plates and eccentric V-groove

   • Mohammad Reza Darmiyani
   • Hossein Amirabadi
   • Mohammad Khosravi

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 July 2021 Pages: 3417 - 3430

   

6. Critical assessment of Shape Retrieval Tools (SRTs)

   • Xinyi Xiao
   • Sanjay Joshi
   • J. Cecil

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 July 2021 Pages: 3431 - 3446

   

7. Effect of temperature on ductile-to-brittle transition in diamond cutting of silicon

   • Wenbin He
   • Changlin Liu
   • Jianfeng Xu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 July 2021 Pages: 3447 - 3462

   

8. Novel control model of Contact-Tip-to-Work Distance (CTWD) for sound monitoring of arc-based DED processes based on spectral analysis

   • Alexia Chabot
   • Matthieu Rauch
   • Jean-Yves Hascoët

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 July 2021 Pages: 3463 - 3472

   

9. In-situ process monitoring for metal additive manufacturing through acoustic techniques using wavelet and convolutional neural network (CNN)

   • Md Shahjahan Hossain
   • Hossein Taheri

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 July 2021 Pages: 3473 - 3488

   

10. Development of a vibration free machine structure for high-speed micro-milling center

    • Arnab Das
    • Shashank Shukla
    • Vivek Bajpai

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 July 2021 Pages: 3489 - 3506

    

11. Design of a spatial constant-force end-effector for polishing/deburring operations

    • Bingxiao Ding
    • Jiyu Zhao
    • Yangmin Li

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 July 2021 Pages: 3507 - 3515

    

12. Development of a low-frequency vibration-assisted drilling device for difficult-to-cut materials

    • Feng Jiao
    • Yuanxiao Li
    • Ying Niu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 July 2021 Pages: 3517 - 3534

    

13. Electron beam melting of Ti-6Al-4V lattice structures: correlation between post heat treatment and mechanical properties

    • Giuseppe Del Guercio
    • Manuela Galati
    • Abdollah Saboori

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 21 July 2021 Pages: 3535 - 3547

    

14. Investigation on the microstructures and mechanical properties of friction stir processed 2A14 aluminum alloy fabricated by different initial precipitation states

    • Jian Wang
    • Ke Yang
    • Xingcheng Li

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 July 2021 Pages: 3549 - 3560

    

15. Limit analysis of plane strain compression of cylindrical billets between flat dies

    • Ehsan Parvizi Bina
    • Heshmatollah Haghighat

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 July 2021 Pages: 3561 - 3570

    

16. Springback and longitudinal bow in chain-die forming U and hat channels

    • Zhenye Liang
    • Yang Liu
    • Yinghong Peng

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 July 2021 Pages: 3571 - 3592

    

17. The effects of die counter-impact on aluminum alloy sheet during electromagnetic forming

    • Yangzhe Lin
    • Wei Liu
    • Shangyu Huang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 July 2021 Pages: 3593 - 3601

    

18. Improving the fracture toughness of multi-layered commercial pure aluminum via warm accumulative roll bonding

    • Ali Akhavan Attar
    • Ali Alavi Nia
    • Ehsan Ghassemali

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 July 2021 Pages: 3603 - 3617

    

19. A selective assembly strategy to improve mechanical product quality based on Bayesian network and genetic algorithm

    • Taotao Liu
    • Guijiang Duan

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 July 2021 Pages: 3619 - 3634

    

20. Improved forming accuracy through controlling localized sheet metal deformation in the friction-assisted stretch bending process

    • Nan Xiang
    • Yiquan Shu
    • Fuxiao Chen

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 July 2021 Pages: 3635 - 3650

    

21. Modelling of surface roughness and studying of optimal machining position in side milling

    • Jinfeng Bai
    • Huiying Zhao
    • Duanzhi Duan

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 July 2021 Pages: 3651 - 3662

    

22. Experimental studies on material removal mechanisms in ultrasonic assisted grinding of SiC ceramics with a defined grain distribution brazed grinding wheel

    • Kai Ding
    • Qilin Li
    • Changdong Zhang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 July 2021 Pages: 3663 - 3676

    

23. A study on the method of quality control by restraining the influence of curvature in curved surface polishing

    • Jie Zhou
    • Jianming Zhan
    • Liyong Hu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 July 2021 Pages: 3677 - 3686

    

24. Statistical analysis related to the quantification of microhardness and the percentage of martensite after the application of welding

    • Tania Elizabeth Sandoval Valencia
    • Adriana del Carmen Téllez Anguiano
    • Francisco Reyes Calderón

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 July 2021 Pages: 3687 - 3698

    

25. Large ellipsoid parts manufacture using electromagnetic incremental forming with variable blankholder structure

    • Xiaohui Cui
    • Ziqin Yan
    • Hailiang Yu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 July 2021 Pages: 3699 - 3715

    

26. Friction stir welding of Al-SiC composite sheets: a numerical simulation of residual stresses

    • Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Zamani
    • Kamran Behdinan
    • Jamshid Aghazadeh Mohandesi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 July 2021 Pages: 3717 - 3729

    

27. Disassembly sequence planning based on a modified grey wolf optimizer

    • Jin Xie
    • Xinyu Li
    • Liang Gao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 July 2021 Pages: 3731 - 3750

    

28. Multi-granularity feasibility evaluation method of the partial destructive disassembly for an end-of-life product

    • Lei Guo
    • Xiufen Zhang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 July 2021 Pages: 3751 - 3764

    

29. Multi-response optimization using artificial neural network-based GWO algorithm for high machining performance with minimum quantity lubrication

    • Mourad Nouioua
    • Aissa Laouissi
    • Salim Belhadi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 July 2021 Pages: 3765 - 3778

    

30. Study of explosive welding of A6061/SUS821L1 using interlayers with different thicknesses and the air shockwave between plates

    • Xiang Chen
    • Xiaojie Li
    • Kazuyuki Hokamoto

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 July 2021 Pages: 3779 - 3794

    

31. Using uniform design and regression methodology of turning parameters study of nickel alloy

    • Shao-Hsien Chen
    • Chih-Hung Hsu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 23 July 2021 Pages: 3795 - 3808

    

32. A mechanical model of axial and circumferential bidirectional deformation for large thin-walled pipes in the process of continuous and synchronous calibration of roundness and straightness by three rollers

    • Xueying Huang
    • Gaochao Yu
    • Jun Zhao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 July 2021 Pages: 3809 - 3826

    

33. Influence of powder type and binder saturation on binder jet 3D–printed and sintered Inconel 625 samples

    • Runbo Jiang
    • Lorenzo Monteil
    • Markus Chmielus

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 July 2021 Pages: 3827 - 3838

    

34. A product carbon footprint model for embodiment design based on macro-micro design features

    • Geng Wang
    • Fangyi Li
    • John W. Sutherland

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 July 2021 Pages: 3839 - 3857

    

35. Applying hybrid equal channel angular pressing (HECAP) to pure copper using optimized Exp.-ECAP die

    • Serkan Öğüt
    • Hasan Kaya
    • Mehmet Uçar

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 July 2021 Pages: 3859 - 3876

    

36. An experimental and finite element investigation of chip separation criteria in metal cutting process

    • Junli Li
    • Ziru Huang
    • Ming Chen

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 July 2021 Pages: 3877 - 3889

    

37. A novel multiscale material plasticity simulation model for high-performance cutting AISI 4140 steel

    • Jinxuan Bai
    • Zhen Tong

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 24 July 2021 Pages: 3891 - 3904

    

38. A triple-coil electromagnetic two-step forming method for tube fitting

    • Qi Xiong
    • Xiang Zhao
    • Shengfei Li

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 July 2021 Pages: 3905 - 3915

    

39. Wear resistance of direct-energy–deposited AISI M2 tool steel with and without post-heat treatment

    • Young Keun Park
    • Kyeongsik Ha
    • Wookjin Lee

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 July 2021 Pages: 3917 - 3931

    

40. Numerical analysis of the Ti6Al4V behavior based on the definition of a new phenomenological model

    • Mariem Yaich
    • Yessine Ayed
    • Zoubeir Bouaziz

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 July 2021 Pages: 3933 - 3951

    

41. Effect of the ball burnishing on the surface quality and mechanical properties of a TRIP steel sheet

    • Gustavo Capilla-González
    • Israel Martínez-Ramírez
    • Alberto Saldaña-Robles

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 July 2021 Pages: 3953 - 3964

    

42. Imaging sensor data modelling and evaluation based on optical composite characteristics

    • Sebastian Meister
    • Lars Grundhöfer
    • Roger M. Groves

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 25 July 2021 Pages: 3965 - 3990

    

43. Finite element simulation of cutting process under the worn tool edge geometries

    • Keyvan Hosseinkhani
    • Eu-gene Ng

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 July 2021 Pages: 3991 - 4006

    

44. Performance of lightweight interlocking pavement concrete block composite made from breadfruit shell ash particle and Momordica angustisepala fiber via modified casting method

    • Nwoji Clifford Ugochukwu
    • Atikpo Eguakhide
    • Obetta Emmanuel Chinonso

    Application 20 July 2021 Pages: 4007 - 4017