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As a basic and advanced machining technique, the high-speed milling process plays an important role in realizing the goal of high performance manufacturing. From the viewpoint of machining dynamics, obtaining chatter-free machining parameters is a prerequisite to guaranteeing machining accuracy and improving machining efficiency. This paper gives an overview on recent progress in time domain semi-analytical methods for chatter stability analysis of milling processes. The state of art methods of milling stability prediction in milling processes and their applications are introduced in detail. The bottlenecks involved are analyzed, and potential solutions are discussed. Finally, a brief prospect on future works is presented.
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Ding, H., Ding, Y. & Zhu, L. On time-domain methods for milling stability analysis. Chin. Sci. Bull. 57, 4336–4345 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-012-5499-y
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