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This thesis presents a detailed analysis of the plane rake faced drill design, its grinding method and grinding wheel geometry. A fundamental geometrical analysis has then been carried out on the major cutting edges of the modified drills according to the national and international standards. It has been shown that this new drill design results in a significant increase in the normal rake angle at lips as well as point relieving at the chisel edge region. Geometrical models for the various drill point features have been established which uniquely define the drill point features of the modified drill design. A comprehensive experimental investigation has been carried out to study the drilling performance of the modified drills, when drilling a high tensile steel, ASSAB 4340, with TiN coated high speed steel drills over a wide range of drilling conditions. Comparing to the drilling performance with conventional twist drills under the corresponding conditions, it has been found that the modified drills can reduce the thrust force by as much as 46.9% with the average of 23.8%; the reduction of drilling torque is also significant at an average of 13.2% and the maximum of 24.9%. Similarly, the new drill design shows great superiorities over the conventional drills in terms of drill-life. In the drill-life tests, a few conventional drills were broken, but all plane rake faced drills performed very well. In order to estimate the cutting performance in process planning on a mathematical and quantitative basis when drilling with the modified drills, predictive cutting force models have been developed based on the unified-generalized mechanics of cutting approach. The models have been assessed qualitatively and quantitatively and showed good agreements with the experimental thrust, torque and power. Empirical-type force equations have also been developed to provide simple alternatives for practical applications.

Ultra wide band (UWB) is an extremely promising wireless technology for researchers and industrials. One of the most interesting is its high data rate and fading robustness due to selective frequency fading. However, beside such advantages, UWB system performance is highly affected by existing narrowband interference (NBI), undesired UWB signals and tone/multi-tone noises. For this reason, research about NBI cancellation is still a challenge to improve the system performance vs. receiver complexity, power consumption, linearity, etc. In this work, the two major receiver sections, i.e., analog (radiofrequency or RF) and digital (digital signal processing or DSP), were considered and new techniques proposed to reduce circuit complexity and power consumption, while improving signal parameters. In the RF section, different multiband UWB low-noise amplifier key design parameters were investigated like circuit configuration, input matching and desired/undesired frequency band filtering, highlighting the most suitable filtering package for efficient UWB NBI cancellation. In the DSP section, due to pulse transmitter signals, different issues like modulation type and level, pulse variety, shape and color noise/tone noise assumptions, were addressed for efficient NBI cancelation. A comparison was performed in terms of bit-error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, and channel capacity to highlight the most suitable parameters for efficient DSP design. The optimum number of filters that allows the filter bandwidth to be reduced by following the required low sampling rate and thus improving the system bit error rate was also investigated.

This master’s thesis deals with design of mechanical screen cleaning machine for wastewater treatment plant, which will be placed in 800 mm wide and 1 850 mm deep intake canal. Thesis includes research of produced systems, construction design, drive unit design and other necessary strength and technical calculations. Thesis is supplemented by drawing of machine and its details.

This thesis pursues an automated extraction of keywords from documents. Its goal is to design and implement an application which will be able to extract an appropriate set of keywords related to the contents of the document. The major requirements for the application are speed and accuracy. That is why the first part of the thesis talks about already developed principles and a detailed classification based on various criteria. The second part is focused on choosing and a thorough functional describing of one of the methods which should have been used for extracting the keywords. The next parts contain a detailed draft of the application and its implementation. Finally, the last chapter is particularly important due to testing the application on a group of text documents and evaluating final results of the extraction process.

In an extensive outdoor propagation study, low antenna heights of 1.7 m are used at both the transmitter and the receiver to measure over 3500 wideband power-delay profiles (PDPs) of the channel for a peer-to-peer communications system. Rural and urban areas are studied in 22 different transmitter-receiver links. The results are used to characterize the narrowband path loss, mean delay, root-mean-square (RMS) delay spread, and timing jitter of the peer-to-peer wideband channel. Small-scale fading characteristics are measured in detail by measuring and analyzing 160 PDPs within each local area. This thesis shows the measurement setup for the calculation of fading rate variance and angular spread and reports the first known attempt to calculate angular spread from track power measurements. New analysis presented in this thesis shows the effect of measurement error in the calculation of angular spread. The expected characteristics of angular spread are derived using two different angle-of-arrival (AOA) models from the literature. Measurement results show initial validation of Durgin's angular spread theory. A new measurement-based algorithm for simulating wideband fading processes is developed and implemented. This simulation technique shows promise in the simulation of high-bit rate peer-to-peer radio communication systems. / Master of Science

Η υλοποίηση πρακτικών ασύρματων συστημάτων επικοινωνίας δεδομένων στην τεχνολογία UWB παρουσιάζει ιδιαίτερες προκλήσεις, κυρίως λόγω της χαμηλής ισχύος εκπομπής και της πολύ σύντομης διάρκειας των παλμών που χρησιμοποιούνται, οι οποίοι θα πρέπει να στέλνονται με πολύ μεγάλες ταχύτητες για την επίτευξη των επιθυμητών ρυθμών μετάδοσης. Το κανάλι μετάδοσης είναι ιδιαίτερα επιλεκτικό ως προς την συχνότητα και εξαιρετικά πυκνό και πλούσιο σε πολυοδικές συνιστώσες με αρκετά μεγάλες καθυστερήσεις. Αυτές οι συνιστώσες μπορούν να ανιχνευθούν και να συλλεχθούν χρησιμοποιώντας κατάλληλες δομές δεκτών RAKE, οι οποίοι τις συνθέτουν ώστε να μεγιστοποιηθεί η ενέργεια του ωφέλιμου σήματος, αυξάνοντας την απόδοση του συστήματος. Οι δομές αυτές παρουσιάζουν την καλύτερη απόδοση σε τέτοια συστήματα, αλλά έχουν μεγάλη υπολογιστική πολυπλοκότητα, καθώς για την ικανοποιητική απόδοση του συστήματος πρέπει να συνδυάσουν πολλές συνιστώσες, δεδομένης και της χαμηλής ισχύος εκπομπής της τεχνολογίας. Συνεπώς, για την υλοποίηση ενός πρακτικού και αποδοτικού συστήματος, σημαντικό ζήτημα αποτελεί ο τρόπος επιλογής και συνδυασμού των συνιστωσών μέσω ενός αλγορίθμου που θα χρησιμοποιεί τον μικρότερο δυνατό αριθμό δακτύλων. Στόχοι της διατριβής ήταν η μελέτη της τεχνολογίας UWB, η διερεύνηση των παραμέτρων των παλμικών UWB συστημάτων, η μελέτη και εξομοίωση μοντέλων του καναλιού, η κατανόηση των οποίων είναι απαραίτητη για την αποτελεσματική ανίχνευση του σήματος και τον σχεδιασμό των αλγορίθμων ψηφιακής επεξεργασίας του σήματος, η διερεύνηση δεκτών RAKE καθώς και εναλλακτικών δομών, οι εξομοιώσεις πομποδέκτη παλμικού UWB σε επίπεδο συστήματος με έμφαση στον RAKE και τον εκτιμητή καναλιού, η διερεύνηση παραμέτρων και τεχνικών για την υλοποίηση σε υλικό και τέλος η ανάπτυξη, ο σχεδιασμός και υλοποίηση μιας πρακτικής δομής δέκτη με RAKE αποδιαμορφωτή και εκτιμητή καναλιού που συνδυάζει χαμηλή πολυπλοκότητα και ικανοποιητική απόδοση. Παρουσιάζονται και συγκρίνονται τρεις νέες διαφορετικές προσεγγίσεις σχεδίασης, οι οποίες βασίζονται σε προτεινόμενο υβριδικό αλγόριθμο (HPS) για την μείωση της πολυπλοκότητας του RAKE και δίνονται αποτελέσματα που αφορούν στην αξιοποίηση του υλικού και στις επιδόσεις του συστήματος. Tα αποτελέσματα παρουσιάζουν το trade-off ανάμεσα στην συλλογή ενέργειας, την απόδοση του δέκτη και την πολυπλοκότητά του. Η αποτελεσματικότητα των προτεινόμενων αρχιτεκτονικών επαληθεύεται μέσω ειδικής πλατφόρμας αναδιατασσόμενου υλικού στην οποία υλοποιήθηκε η σχεδίαση. / Τhe implementation of practical wireless data communications systems for the UWB technology is very challenging due to the use of low-power ns-duration pulses which have to be sent in a high-frequency in order to achieve the desirable data rates. The UWB channel is highly frequency selective and it is characterized by dense and rich multipath propagation and large multipath delay spreads in some cases. A RAKE receiver can be employed in order to exploit multipath diversity and effectively capture the desired signal energy which is dispersed over the various multipath components, helping to mitigate fading. However, the particular nature of UWB results in very low-energy paths which, in conjunction with high multipath diversity, leads to a RAKE receiver that must exploit a large number of MPCs in order to optimize the received SNR. Thus, for the implementation of a low-complexity system it is important to define a novel method for the selection and combining of MPCs and develop an algorithm that is able to utilize a minimum number of fingers in the RAKE structure. Our work was focused in the study of UWB technology, the investigation of the parameters of IR-UWB systems, the study and understanding of the channel models which is necessary for the design of practical and efficient DSP algorithms, the investigation of RAKE type receivers as well as other alternative structures, the system-level simulations of the IR-UWB transceiver with emphasis given to the algorithms for the RAKE demodulator and channel estimator, the investigation of the parameters and techniques for the implementation of the system in hardware and finally, the development, design, and implementation of a practical receiver structure that includes a RAKE demodulator and a channel estimator and combines low complexity and satisfactory performance. The ultimate goal of this work is the presentation and investigation of the proposed channel estimator and (MRC)-RAKE receiver architecture which is based on a proposed novel hybrid algorithm called HPS. Three different design approaches aiming to a practical system implementation in an FPGA are proposed and compared and system/algorithm performance, hardware utilization results are provided. The obtained results demonstrate the trade-off between energy capture, performance and receiver complexity. The effectiveness of the proposed architectures is verified on a special FPGA platform which was used for the implementation of the receiver structure.

La radio impulsionnelle UWB (IR-UWB) est une technologie de communication relativement récente, qui apporte une solution intéressante au problème de l’encombrement du spectre RF, et qui répond aux exigences de haut débit et localisation précise d’un nombre croissant d’applications, telles que les communications indoor, les réseaux de capteurs personnels et corporels, l’IoT, etc. Ses caractéristiques uniques sont obtenues par la transmission d’impulsions de très courte durée (inférieure à 1 ns), occupant une largeur de bande allant jusqu’à 7,5 GHz, et ayant une densité spectrale de puissance extrêmement faible (inférieure à -43 dBm/MHz). Les meilleures performances d’un système IR-UWB sont obtenues avec des récepteurs cohérents de type Rake, au prix d’une complexité accrue, due notamment à l’étape d’estimation du canal UWB, caractérisé par de nombreux trajets multiples. Cette étape de traitement nécessite l’estimation d’un ensemble de composantes spectrales du signal reçu, sans pouvoir faire appel aux techniques d’échantillonnage usuelles, en raison d’une limite de Nyquist particulièrement élevée (plusieurs GHz).Dans le cadre de cette thèse, nous proposons de nouvelles approches, à faible complexité, pour l’estimation du canal UWB, basées sur la représentation parcimonieuse du signal reçu, la théorie de l’acquisition compressée, et les méthodes de reconstruction des signaux à taux d’innovation fini. La réduction de complexité ainsi obtenue permet de diminuer de manière significative le coût d’implémentation du récepteur IR-UWB et sa consommation. D’abord, deux schémas d’échantillonnage compressé, monovoie (filtre SoS) et multivoie (MCMW) identifiés dans la littérature sont étendus au cas des signaux UWB ayant un spectre de type passe-bande, en tenant compte de leur implémentation réelle dans le circuit. Ces schémas permettent l’acquisition des coefficients spectraux du signal reçu et l’échantillonnage à des fréquences très réduites ne dépendant pas de la bande passante des signaux, mais seulement du nombre des trajets multiples du canal UWB. L’efficacité des approches proposées est démontrée au travers de deux applications : l’estimation du canal UWB pour un récepteur Rake cohérent à faible complexité, et la localisation précise en environnement intérieur dans un contexte d’aide à la dépendance.En outre, afin de réduire la complexité de l’approche multivoie en termes de nombre de voies nécessaires pour l’estimation du canal UWB, nous proposons une architecture à nombre de voies réduit, en augmentant le nombre d’impulsions pilotes émises.Cette même approche permet aussi la réduction de la fréquence d’échantillonnage associée au schéma MCMW. Un autre objectif important de la thèse est constitué par l’optimisation des performances des approches proposées. Ainsi, bien que l’acquisition des coefficients spectraux consécutifs permette une mise en oeuvre simple des schémas multivoie, nous montrons que les coefficients ainsi choisis, ne donnent pas les performances optimales des algorithmes de reconstruction. Ainsi, nous proposons une méthode basée sur la cohérence des matrices de mesure qui permet de trouver l’ensemble optimal des coefficients spectraux, ainsi qu’un ensemble sous-optimal contraint où les positions des coefficients spectraux sont structurées de façon à faciliter la conception du schéma MCMW. Enfin, les approches proposées dans le cadre de cette thèse sont validées expérimentalement à l’aide d’une plateforme expérimentale UWB du laboratoire Lab-STICC CNRS UMR 6285. / Ultra-wideband impulse radio (IR-UWB) is a relatively new communication technology that provides an interesting solution to the problem of RF spectrum scarcity and meets the high data rate and precise localization requirements of an increasing number of applications, such as indoor communications, personal and body sensor networks, IoT, etc. Its unique characteristics are obtained by transmitting pulses of very short duration (less than 1 ns), occupying a bandwidth up to 7.5 GHz, and having an extremely low power spectral density (less than -43 dBm / MHz). The best performances of an IR-UWB system are obtained with Rake coherent receivers, at the expense of increased complexity, mainly due to the estimation of UWB channel, which is characterized by a large number of multipath components. This processing step requires the estimation of a set of spectral components for the received signal, without being able to adopt usual sampling techniques, because of the extremely high Nyquist limit (several GHz).In this thesis, we propose new low-complexity approaches for the UWB channel estimation, relying on the sparse representation of the received signal, the compressed sampling theory, and the reconstruction of the signals with finite rate of innovation. The complexity reduction thus obtained makes it possible to significantly reduce the IR-UWB receiver cost and consumption. First, two existent compressed sampling schemes, single-channel (SoS) and multi-channel (MCMW), are extended to the case of UWB signals having a bandpass spectrum, by taking into account realistic implementation constraints. These schemes allow the acquisition of the spectral coefficients of the received signal at very low sampling frequencies, which are not related anymore to the signal bandwidth, but only to the number of UWB channel multipath components. The efficiency of the proposed approaches is demonstrated through two applications: UWB channel estimation for low complexity coherent Rake receivers, and precise indoor localization for personal assistance and home care.Furthermore, in order to reduce the complexity of the MCMW approach in terms of the number of channels required for UWB channel estimation, we propose a reduced number of channel architecture by increasing the number of transmitted pilot pulses. The same approach is proven to be also useful for reducing the sampling frequency associated to the MCMW scheme.Another important objective of this thesis is the performance optimization for the proposed approaches. Although the acquisition of consecutive spectral coefficients allows a simple implementation of the MCMW scheme, we demonstrate that it not results in the best performance of the reconstruction algorithms. We then propose to rely on the coherence of the measurement matrix to find the optimal set of spectral coefficients maximizing the signal reconstruction performance, as well as a constrained suboptimal set, where the positions of the spectral coefficients are structured so as to facilitate the design of the MCMW scheme. Finally, the approaches proposed in this thesis are experimentally validated using the UWB equipment of Lab-STICC CNRS UMR 6285.

In this dissertation an in-depth study was conducted into the design, implementation and evaluation of a QPSK-based receiver structure for application in a UMTS WCDMA environment. The novelty of this work lies with the specific receiver architecture aimed to optimise the BER performance when possibly sparse data streams are transmitted. This scenario is a real possibility according to Verd´u et al [1] and Hagenauer et al [2–6]. A novel receiver structure was conceptualised, developed and evaluated in both narrowband and wideband scenarios, where it was found to outperform conventional receivers when a sparse data stream is transmitted. In order to reach the main conclusions of this study, it was necessary to develop a realistic simulation platform. The developed platform is capable of simulating a communication system meeting the physical layer requirements of the UMTS WCDMA standard. The platform can also perform narrowband simulations. A flexible channel emulator was developed that may be configured to simulate AWGN channel conditions, frequency non-selective fading (either Rayleigh or Rician with a configurable LOS component and Doppler spread), or a full multipath scenario where each path has a configurable LOS component, Doppler spread, path gain and path delay. It is therefore possible to even simulate a complex, yet realistic, COST207-TU channel model. The platform is also capable of simulating MUI. Each interfering user has a unique and independent multipath fading channel, while sharing the same bandwidth. Finally, the entire platform executes all simulations in baseband for improved simulation times. The research outputs of this work are summarised below: <ul> <li>A parameter, the sparseness measure, was defined in order to quantify the level by which a data stream differs from an equiprobable data stream.</li> <li>A novel source model was proposed and developed to simulate data streams with a specified amount of sparseness.</li> <li>An introductory investigation was undertaken to determine the effect of simple FEC techniques on the sparseness of an encoded data stream.</li> <li>Novel receiver structures for both narrowband and wideband systems were proposed, developed and evaluated for systems where possibly sparse data streams may be transmitted.</li> <li>Analytic expressions were derived to take the effect of sparseness into account in communication systems, including expressions for the joint PDF of a BPSK branch, the optimal decision region of a detector in AWGN conditions as well as the BER performance of a communication system employing the proposed optimal receiver in both AWGN channel conditions as well as in flat fading channel conditions.</li> <li>Numerous BER performance curves were obtained comparing the proposed receiver structure with conventional receivers in a variety of channel conditions, including AWGN, frequency non-selective fading and a multipath COST207-TU channel environment, as well as the effect of MUI</li></ul>. AFRIKAANS : In hierdie verhandeling word ’n in-diepte studie gedoen rakende die ontwerp, implementasie en evaluasie van ’n KPSK-gebaseerde ontvanger struktuur wat in ’n UMTS WKVVT omgewing gebruik kan word. Die bydrae van hierdie werk lˆe in die spesifieke ontvanger argitektuur wat daarop mik om die BFT werksverrigting te optimeer wanneer yl data strome versend word. Hierdie is ’n realistiese moontlikheid volgens Verd´u et al [1] en Hagenauer et al [2–6]. ’n Nuwe ontvanger struktuur is gekonsepsualiseer, ontwikkel en evalueer vir beide noueband en wyeband stelsels, waar dit gevind is dat dit beter werksverrigting lewer as tradisionele ontvangers wanneer yl data strome versend word. Dit was nodig om ’n realistiese simulasie platform te ontwikkel om die belangrikste gevolgtrekkings van hierdie studie te kan maak. Die ontwikkelde platform is in staat om ’n kommunikasie stelsel te simuleer wat aan die fisiese laag vereistes van die UMTS WKVVT standaard voldoen. Die platform kan ook noueband stelsels simuleer. ’n Aanpasbare kanaal simulator is ontwikkel wat opgestel kan word om SWGR kanaal toestande, plat duining (beide Rayleigh of Ricies met ’n verstelbare siglyn komponent en Doppler verspreiding), sowel as ’n veelvuldige pad omgewing (waar elke unieke pad ’n verstelbare siglyn komponent, Doppler verspreiding, pad wins en pad vertraging het) te emuleer. Dit is selfs moontlik om ’n komplekse, maar steeds realistiese COST207-TU kanaal model te simuleer. Die platform het ook die vermo¨e om VGS te simuleer. Elke steurende gebruiker het ’n unieke en onafhanklike veelvuldige pad deinende kanaal, terwyl dieselfde bandwydte gedeel word. Laastens, alle simulasies van die platvorm word in basisband uitgevoer wat verkorte simulasie periodes verseker. Die navorsingsuitsette van hierdie werk kan as volg opgesom word: <ul> <li>’n Parameter, die ylheidsmaatstaf, is gedefin¨ýeer om dit moontlik te maak om die vlak waarmee die ylheid van ’n datastroom verskil van ’n ewekansige stroom te versyfer.</li> <li>’n Nuwe bronmodel is voorgestel en ontwikkel om datastrome met ’n spesifieke ylheid te emuleer.</li> <li>’n Inleidende ondersoek is onderneem om vas te stel wat die effek van VFK tegnieke op die ylheid van ’n enkodeerde datastroom is.</li> <li>Nuwe ontvanger strukture is voorgestel, ontwikkel en evalueer vir beide noueband en wyeband stelsels waar yl datastrome moontlik versend kan word.</li> <li>Analitiese uitdrukkings is afgelei om die effek van ylheid in ag te neem in kommunikasie stelsels. Uitdrukkings vir onder andere die gedeelte WDF van ’n BFVK tak, die optimale beslissingspunt van ’n detektor in SWGR toestande, sowel as die BFT werksverrigting van ’n kommunikasie stelsel wat van die voorgestelde optimale ontvangers gebruik maak, hetsy in SWGR of in plat duinende kanaal toestande.</li> <li>Talryke BFT werksverrigting krommes is verkry wat die voorgestelde ontvanger struktuur vergelyk met die konvensionele ontvangers in ’n verskeidenheid kanaal toestande, insluitend SWGR, plat duinende kanale en ’n veelvuldige pad COST207-TU kanaal omgewing, sowel as in die teenwoordigheid van VGS.</li></ul></p Copyright / Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering / unrestricted

Materiais frágeis, tal como o silício, têm sido utilizados em sistemas microeletromecânicos, semicondutores e dispositivos ópticos infravermelhos. Estes materiais são considerados de difícil usinabilidade devido à tendência de sofrerem fraturas. O grande desafio na usinagem dos materiais cristalinos é alcançar uma remoção de material por deformações plásticas (regime dúctil), pois, nessas condições as superfícies ópticas usinadas são geradas sem nenhum dano. Esse regime de usinagem pode ser alcançado em escalas submicrométricas, de forma que, em muitos cristais, as pressões impostas pela ferramenta são altas o suficiente para conduzirem uma transformação de fase do material, favorecendo, assim, a usinagem. Embora pesquisas sobre a relação entre a endentação e a usinagem tenham sido desenvolvidas, a busca por métodos matemáticos com base nas forças e deformações de endentação para serem usados em usinagem de modo a identificar as condições ótimas para remoção de material em regime dúctil não são triviais. O presente trabalho propõe uma relação mais direta com os resultados de endentação para determinar os parâmetros ótimos de usinagem dos materiais frágeis, correlacionando a área da face do endentador em contato e a área efetiva da secção de corte em usinagem. Para isso, ensaios de endentação e experimentos de usinagem com ferramenta de diamante foram realizados em escala micro e nanométrica. O material analisado aqui foi o silício monocristalino (100). Uma matriz experimental foi planejada para as possíveis correlações da variação do ângulo de saída da ferramenta e do avanço de usinagem com as áreas de endentação e o surgimento das trincas e fraturas; forças de usinagem e a pressão de transição frágil-dúctil; tensão residual; espessura crítica de corte e o estado das superfícies usinadas. Em relação às durezas obtidas, foi preciso separá-las em dois estágios: antes do surgimento das trincas durante a endentação e depois desse ponto. Durante a usinagem, a melhor remoção de material em regime dúctil foi obtida na direção mais dura do silício. Os ângulos de saída que proporcionaram resultados desfavoráveis em termos de integridade superficial foram o de -25° e ângulos mais negativos que -60°. A pressão de transição se apresentou de 12 GPa a 13 GPa, sendo que as energias específicas de corte seguiram o mesmo comportamento: 9 j/mm³ a 10 j/mm³ respectivamente. A tensão residual se mostrou inversamente proporcional às forças de usinagem. As espessuras crítica-efetivas de corte variaram de 100 nm a 560 nm. Os valores das espessuras críticas de corte estimadas pelos ensaios de endentação variaram de 200 nm a 530 nm. Portanto, foi possível mostrar que os valores de espessura crítica estimados pelo método proposto, com base nos resultados de endentação, corresponderam muito bem às espessuras críticas obtidas nos experimentos de usinagem. Assim sendo, torna-se possível determinar por meio de tal técnica os valores ótimos de usinagem, podendo ser aplicada para qualquer material cristalino. / Brittle materials, such as silicon, have been used in microelectromechanical systems, semiconductor and infrared optical devices. These types of materials are considered of difficult to machine due to the tendency to suffer fractures. The great challenge in the machining of crystalline materials is to achieve a removal of material by plastic deformations (ductile regime), because in these conditions the machined optical surfaces are generated without any superficial damage. This type of machining can be achieved on a submicrometric machining scale, so that the pressures imposed by the tool are high and lead to a phase transformation of many crystals favoring the machining in ductile regime. Although research on the relationship between microindentation and micromachining has been developed, the search for mathematical methods based on the forces and the deformations of indentation to be used in machining in order to identify the machining conditions under regime ductile are non-trivial. The present work proposes a more direct relationship with the results of the indentation to determine the optimal parameters of the fragile materials, correlating the indenter face area and the cutting section effective area in machining. For this purpose, indentation tests and diamond tool machining experiments were carried out on a micro and nanometric scale. The material analyzed here was monocrystalline silicon (100). An experimental matrix was planned for the possible correlations of the variation of the tool rake angle and of the machining feed with the areas of indentation and the beginning of cracks and fractures; cutting forces and the fragile-ductile transition pressure; residual stress; critical cutting thickness and the state of machined surfaces. In relation to the hardness obtained, it was necessary to separate them in two stages: before the emergence of the cracks during the indentation and after that point. During machining, the best removal of ductile material was obtained in the hardest direction of the silicon. The rake angles which gave unfavorable results in terms of surface integrity were -25° and angles more negative than -60°. The transition pressure reached values from 12 GPa to 13 GPa, and the specific shear energies followed the same behavior: 9 j/mm³ at 10 j/mm³ respectively. The residual stress was inversely proportional to the machining forces. Critical-effective uncut thicknesses ranged from 100 nm to 560 nm. The values of the critical uncut thicknesses estimated by the indentation tests ranged from 200 nm to 530 nm. Therefore, it was possible to show that the critical thickness values estimated by the proposed method, based on indentation results, corresponded very well to the critical thickness obtained in the machining experiments. Thus, it is possible to determine by means of such a technique the optimum values of machining, which can be applied to crystalline material.