Vegetable Nanofluid Influence on End Milling Machinability of Nickel
Alloys with Minimum Quantity Lubrication

Hirudayanathan, Hiru Purushothaman

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2026-05-15

Authors

Hirudayanathan, Hiru Purushothaman

Date

2024

Supervisor

Sujan Debnath

Type

Thesis

Award

PhD

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Faculty

Curtin Malaysia

School

Curtin Malaysia

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95189

Collection

Curtin Theses

Abstract

Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) using vegetable oils is considered a sustainable lubrication method, particularly for machining nickel alloys. Although a significant influence of nanofluid viscosity on lubrication has been observed in MQL machining, the influence of the viscosity of nanofluids on the machinability of nickel alloys is yet to be established. This comprehensive research aimed to evaluate the influence of the viscosity of palm oil-based nanofluids on the MQL end milling of Inconel 718.