International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Editor -in-Chief T.A. Dean Sch Manu & Mech Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK, Regional Editors H. Hocheng National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC, W.A. Knight University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA, A.Y.C. Nee Ivory Heights, Singapore, Assistant Editor W. Chen Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China, Reviewing Committee T. Altan Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, D.K. Aspinwall University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, V.P. Astakhov Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, D. Axinte University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, K. Cheng Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK, A. Di Illio Università degli Studi dell' Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, K.F. Ehmann Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, E.O. Ezugwu South Bank University, London, UK, P. Franco Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain, V.K. Jain Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, W. Klingenberg Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, P. Koshy McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, R. Kovacevic Southern Methodist University, Richardson, TX, USA, J.-S. Kwak Pukyong National University, Nam-Gu, Busan, South Korea, J. Lin Imperial College London, London, UK, T. Moriwaki Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, Z.J. Pei Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA, Y. Qin University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, W. Rowe Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, A. Shih University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, T. Shirakashi Tokyo Denki University, Chiyoda-Ku, Japan, J. Simao Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain, I.N. Tansel Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA, Y.L. Yao Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, I. Yellowley University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada