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A Novel Fluorescence Based Method of Assessing Subsurface Damage in Optical Materials
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Author
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Williams, Wesley
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Materials science, Optics
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Description
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Lapping and polishing are loose abrasive finishing processes that have been used to achieve critical surface parameters in optical materials for centuries. These processes remove material from the surface through a variety of mechanical and chemic...
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DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES FOR INVESTIGATIONS OF VORTEX MACHINING
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Author
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Howard, Stephen
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering
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Description
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This dissertation presents work done in investigation of a novel polishing process called Vortex Machining. Vortex Machining uses an oscillating probe to induce vortices in a polishing slurry above a workpiece, thereby removing material in regions...
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Title
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Experimental and computational evaluation of a vibratory finishing process
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Author
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Navare, Jayesh
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering
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Description
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Vibratory finishing is among the widely recognized mass finishing techniques which is used for cleaning, deburring, edge rounding, polishing, and creating an isotropic surface finish on metal parts that have undergone previous machining operations...
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Title
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FIBER BASED TOOLS FOR POLISHING OPTICAL MATERIALS
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Author
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Shahinian, Hossein
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Optics
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Description
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In this dissertation, the development of alternative fiber based polishing tools for the finishing of precision freeform and aspherical optics is introduced. Freeform and aspherical optics, i.e. optics with varying radius of curvatures (ROC), are ...
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Title
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PRECISION POLISHING DYNAMICS: THE INFLUENCE OF PROCESS VIBRATIONS ON POLISHING RESULTS
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Author
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Mainuddin, Mohammad
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering
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Description
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The optical pitch polishing process has been used over 300 years to obtain high quality optical surface finish with little subsurface damage. A pitch tool consists of a metal platen coated with a layer of polishing pitch whereby pitch is a highly ...
