1. EXTERNALLY IMPOSED THERMO-ELASTIC STRESS-STATES TO CONTROL OR DELAY FRACTURE DURING UNSUPPORTED CUTTING OF ALUMINA Open Access Author: Akarapu, Ravindra Title: EXTERNALLY IMPOSED THERMO-ELASTIC STRESS-STATES TO CONTROL OR DELAY FRACTURE DURING UNSUPPORTED CUTTING OF ALUMINA Graduate Program: Materials Science and Engineering Keywords: Modeling of laser cuttingLaser Cutting of ceramicsActive StressingUnsupported CuttingMitigate Damage File: Download Ravindra_Akarapu_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Chair/Co-ChairJohn Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee MemberBarbara Shaw, Committee MemberDavid John Green, Committee Member