...Jialin Tian; Feng Wen; Tongxu Ge; Zhichao Hu; Shahriar Islam A nozzle structure of portable high-pressure hydraulic sandblasting cutting equipment is optimized through simulation analysis and experimental tests in this paper. The hydraulic sandblasting cutting technology uses high speed sand fluid...

...Mohamed Hashish, Fellow ASME; Paul L. Miller This paper presents a study on using high-pressure ammonia and abrasive ammonia jets for cutting and washout of chemical weapons. The work focused on chemical rocket M55 simulants. A test chamber was built to cut M60 training and M61 practice rockets...

...Mohamed Hashish, Fellow ASME Waterjet technology development for 600-MPa (87-Ksi) operations involves efforts on machining process development, pumps, plumbing, nozzles, and machining systems development. In this paper, data will be presented on cutting with water and abrasive waterjet...

... internal stresses jets cutting The development of high-performance materials, such as composites and advanced ceramics, presents a variety of manufacturing challenges. Many of these materials cannot be effectively or economically machined by conventional methods, and therefore require methods...