Editors in Chief

Prof. J. Paulo Davim
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Aveiro
Campus Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, PORTUGAL
E-mail: pdavim@ua.pt
http://www.mec.ua.pt/machining

Prof. Georgios Petropoulos
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
University of Thessaly
383 34 Volos, GREECE
E- mail: gpetrop@mie.uth.gr
http://www.mie.uth.gr

Advisories Editors

Prof. G.K. Sharma,
President of Tribology Society of India (TSI), INDIA

Prof. V. K. Jain,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, INDIA

Editorial Board

Prof. A.H.W. Ngan,
The University of Hong Kong, CHINA

Prof. S.V. Kailas,
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, INDIA

Dr. G. Zhang,
University of Kaiserslautern, GERMANY

Dr. L. Burstein,
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, ISRAEL

Dr. F. Quadrini,
University of Rome Tor Vergata, ITALY

Prof. E. Ciulli,
University of Pisa, ITALY

Prof. R. Bassani,
University of Pisa, ITALY

Dr. R. Lewis,
The University of Sheffield, UK

Dr. J. Quintelier,
University College Ghent, BELGIUM

Prof. A. K. Agarwal,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, INDIA

Dr. Liujie Xu,
Henan University of Science and Technology, CHINA

Dr. Huirong Le,
University of Dundee, UK

Dr. Xianting Zeng,
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, SINGAPORE

Prof. Alessandro Ruggiero,
University of Salerno, ITALY

Prof. Athanassios Mihailidis,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GREECE

Prof. Prasanta Sahoo,
Jadavpur University, INDIA

Dr. N. Satyanarayana,
National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE