Evaluation Report of Ph.D. Thesis of C.

BHASKAR REDDY Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara University

The Ph.D. thesis of C. BHASKAR REDDY Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara University on EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS AND MODELLING OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE IN WIRE-EDM OF AISI STEELS is well written research document. The work has been done with the multifaceted objectives. Mr. C. BHASKAR REDDY has successfully achieved these objectives. I recommend Ph.D. thesis work of Mr. C. BHASKAR REDDY be accepted for the award of Ph.D. degree. However, I am making following suggestions that should be incorporated to improve the quality of the presentation of thesis work before the oral examination. General Comments: The thesis title saysEXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS AND MODELLING OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE IN WIRE-EDM OF AISI STEELS. Title reflects common material AISI steel which may not be appropriate in the title. Where in author did only AISI 4140 Steel, AISI P20 and AISI 420Steel only. So, title should be specific. Thesis content wont reflect the title. Kindly reframe the title. No full stop after a section heading. Use capital letters consequently in all headings. Reference style is not uniform (check reference no: 8 and 7 . In reference no. 8 author full name are mentioned while in 7 author initials are mentioned. Use any single format throughout and author mentioned his own publications as references, the author not to mention his work as references. Specific comments: Technical questions: 1. Why there is increase/ decrease of Surface Roughness (SR), Material Removal Rate (MRR) and Dimensional Error (DE) of AISI steels (4140 , P20 and 420Steel). The

scientific reason is not given. Author should give what is the scientific reason behind it. 2. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) studies before machining and after machining for AISI steels (4140 , P20 and 420Steel) are represented (Fig: 4.8 to 4.19). The author

should not explained the significance SEM. The author should explain it. 3. Chemical composition and physical properties of AISI steels (Table: 4.2 and 4.3) are given. Whether the author experimentally found or takes from literature. If the author

experimentally done. The author has to explain what are the procedures followed to find the same or takes from the literature source has to mention. Non-Technical Comments: 1. Replace all Figure and Table by Fig and Table . Ex. Figure-2.1 replace it by Fig:2.1 and Table-4.3: replace it by Table:4.3. 2. The author should follow explanation followed by figure and/ or table. For example: explanation of Fig: 3.1 is in P. No: 48 and Fig: 3.1 is in page no: 50 3. Page no: 61: Table- 11(a), table-11(b) and Table-11(c) should be replace with Table: 3.11(a), Table: 3.12(a), and Table: 3.13(a). 4. Some tables are repeated. For example: Page no: 58 table: 3.8 and page no: 84 table: 4.6 , Page no: 59 table: 3.9 and page no: 84 table: 4.7 and Page no: 60 table: 3.10 and page no: 85 table: 4.8 5. Page no: 92 and 94 Explanation of un machined surface of AISI 4240 steel followed by SEM Fig: 4.8 a, EDX analysis graph and chemical composition. Similarly, follow for other two steals. Suggestions: Maintain consistency while writing the thesis and check with the hard copy.