This text should be useful to both researchers and postgraduates or final-year undergraduates who are specializing in manufacturing processes. It should also be useful to those industrial users of materials processing who are charged with making abrasive waterjet machining more efficient.

PrefaceNomenclature1. Introduction. 1.1 Abrasive Waterjet Systems1.2 Characteristics1.3 Applications2. Fundamentals of AWJ Machining. 2.1 Material Removal Mechanisms2.2 Kerf Characteristics2.3 Mathematical Models for Cutting Performance3.Characteristics of Abrasive Waterjet. 3.1 CFD Model Formulation3.2 Results and Discussion4. AWJ Cutting of Typical Engineering Materials. 4.1 AWJ Cutting of Metallic Coated Sheet Steels4.2 AWJ Cutting of Industrial Ceramics4.3 AWJ Cutting of Polymer Matrix Composites5. AWJ Contouring. 5.1 Experiment5.2 Analysis of Kerf Characteristics6. The Formation Mechanisms of Surface Striations6.1 Striation Formation Due to the Characteristics Inherent to the Cutting Process. 6.2 Striation Formation Due to Jet Dynamic Characteristics and Energy Dissipation6.3 Striation Formation due to System Vibration6.4 Concluding Remarks7.Techniques for Enhancing the Cutting Performance. 7.1 Forward Angling the Jet7.2 Controlled Nozzle Oscillation7.3 Multipass Cutting Operations7.4 Concluding RemarksReferences