ABSTRACT

Water jet cutting systems have made considerable progress since their commercial introduction in 1972. The major initial advantage which they provided was through the ability to penetrate through many materials on either side of the cut. As water jetting has become more successful, many researches and studies have done before on water jet systems and its applications (Brook & Summers 1969, Hashish & Plesis 1979, Hashish & Plesis 1981, Summers 1987, Bortolussi et al. 1988, Chen at al. 2002, Külekci 2002, Bortolussi et al. 2003, Costa 2007, Gürsel 2008).