Project title: Size Effect in Micro-Mechanical Machining
Other PhD projects in Mechanical Engineering
| PhD student: | Aamer Jalil Mian |
| Qualification: | BSc, MSc |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Sponsor: | Overseas Research Scholarship (ORS) and The University of Manchester (MACE scholarship) |
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| Research group: | Manufacturing and Management |
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| Email: | Aamer.Mian@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk |
| Supervisor: | Dr Paul Mativenga |
Prfessional Biography: My first degree is a BSc (Hons.) in mechanical engineering from NWFP University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan in 1998. I joined the University of Manchester for MSc and PhD studies after working as a Production Engineer for almost 8 years in different organizations back home. In 2007, I completed MSc in Advance Manufacturing Technology and System Management from the University of Manchester obtaining a first position in the school of MACE. I continued my doctoral research in the promising field of micro mechanical machining which is aligned to my professional experience.
Research interests: Micro machining, Size effect, Acoustic emission.
Project abstract
My research titled “Size effect in micro-mechanical machining” addresses the fundamental size effect aspects of micro machining so that manufacturing can be optimised for reducing cost and increasing production rate. The investigated work encompasses:
• The material microstructure grain size and tool edge radius size effects in micro cutting of single and multiphase materials.
• The identification of factors that dominants “size effect” by utilising statistical methods as well as acoustic emission signals.
• Material dependent chip morphology and correlation with their acoustic emission signal in micro-scale orthogonal cutting
| Fig 1. Ferritic Steel Acoustic Emission Spectrogram Generated During Single Tooth Micro Cutting | Fig 2. Multi-phase Steel Chip Thickness |  |
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Publications
Journal Papers
- Mian AJ, Driver N, and Mativenga PT: (2009), Micromachining of coarse-grained multi-phase material, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 223(4), 377-385 (Professional Engineering Publishing).
- Mian AJ, Driver N, and Mativenga PT: (2010), A comparative study of material phase effects on micro-machinability of multiphase materials, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, DOI: 10.1007/s00170-009-2506-9 (Springer).
- Mian AJ, Driver N, and Mativenga PT: (2010), Estimation of minimum chip thickness for multi-phase steel using acoustic emission, 36th International MATADOR Conference , Manchester 14th – 16th July, 2010.