Hard and brittle materials (HBMs) are promising materials for aerospace and astronomy
applications, due to their excellent mechanical, optical, and chemical properties. However …

There was no established literature or documentation regarding this due to the competition
for the market and confidentiality issues. This article reviews the current status of waterjet …

Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer composites (CFRP) is a composite material with resin as
matrix and carbon fiber as reinforcement. It has been widely used in aerospace, military …

This experimental work demonstrates a new cost-effective way of achieving
superhydrophobicity on metallic surfaces by micro-texturing with a novel water jet guided …

On laser shock peening and underwater laser micromachining, previous studies have
shown that the immersion depth of the sample significantly affects laser ablation of …

Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) is now applied widely in various industries because
of its excellent properties. Cutting CFRP by laser is now attractive owing to its wear-free …

Water-jet guided laser cutting technology is a relatively new technology, which utilizes a
water jet and laser beam (pulsed Nd: YAG laser) to cut. The technology is able to cut with …

Water jet guided laser micro-machining is a novel micro-machining technique for hard brittle
materials. To investigate and evaluate the effects of water jet guided laser micro-machining …

With the increase of thrust-weight ratio of aero-engine, the working temperature of core parts
is becoming higher and higher. In order to improve the service life of core parts, many high …

Today, hybrid processes have a great influence on various material process fields due to
factors such as improvements in the machinability and reductions of process forces. Also …