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LG Electronics, Digital Media Research Laboratory, 16 Woomyeon-Dong, Seocho-Gu, Seoul 137 -40, South Korea
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Uni6ersity of Technology and Education, Chonan-Gun, Chungnam 333 -860, South Korea
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Department of Mechanical Design and Production Engineering, Seoul National Uni6ersity, San 56 -1, Shinlim-Dong, Gwanak-Gu,
Seoul 151 -742, South Korea
Received 23 June 1997
Abstract
This paper deals with numerical and experimental analyses of the effect of the tool edge on the cutting process. The tool forces
and temperature in the steady-state orthogonal cutting process, taking tool edge radius into consideration, are analyzed using the
finite-element method (FEM). The effects of depth of cut and tool edge radius are investigated. Also, orthogonal cutting
experiments are performed for 0.2% carbon steel with tools having three different edge radii, the tool forces being measured. The
experimental results are discussed in comparison with the results of the FEM analysis. From the study, it is confirmed that a
major cause of the size effect is the tool edge radius and it is noted that an increase in the tool edge radius causes a change in
the temperature distribution in the tool, particularly in the position of maximum temperature. 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All
rights reserved.
Keywords: Orthogonal cutting; Finite-element method; Tool edge radius; Size effect
1. Introduction
Recently, the demand for ultra-precision machining
has been increasing steadily and its field of application
is being expanded in the manufacture of electronic and
optical devices. In most ultra-precision machining, the
effective depth of cut is very small, typically much less
than 1 mm or even down to the order of a few nanometers. Under such conditions, the tool edge radius plays
an essential role in the chip formation process and is
reported to be a major cause of the size effect.
Even with conventional machining in the order of
millimeters, it is very important to know the effect of
the tool edge on the cutting process. This is because the
state of the tool edge influences the properties of the cut
material surface in the form of residual stresses and
surface integrity and alters the tool forces and cutting
temperatures, which can cause a reduction in the life of
the tool.
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ing by the finite-element method. In addition, orthogonal cutting experiments are conducted and the tool
forces are measured. In the experiments, the radius of
the tool edge is five to ten times that of the conventional tool in order that such cutting conditions as
depth of cut can be controlled exactly in the test to
observe the effects of the tool edge radius on the cutting
forces. The experimental results are discussed in comparison with the results of the FEM analysis.
With the advent of digital computers, the finiteelement method became a powerful computational tool,
which could overcome computational difficulties in
modeling the machining process. A thermoviscoplastic cutting model [4] is one among the various cutting
models and is appropriate for investigating the effects
of the tool edge on the machining process. This model
is based on a Eulerian formulation and treats the
workpiece material as rigidviscoplastic. The advantages of the model are that the chip separation criterion, which is the most critical factor in a Lagrangian
formulation, is not required and that the boundaries of
the chip need not be known in advance. In addition, it
is possible to analyze the cutting mechanism for highspeed cutting. Here, the model is briefly introduced.
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Outputs
Cutting speed,
2.16 m s1
Depth of cut,
0.2 mm
Rake angle, 12
Tool edge radius,
0.1 mm
Clearance angle,
5
Width of cut,
1 mm
(1)
3 o;
s
2 s ij
(2)
1
Compatibility conditions: o; ij = (ui, j + uj,i )
2
(3)
(4)
In the velocity field, with a weak form of the equilibrium and the incompressibility constraint given by
o; ii = 0, the basic equation for the finite-element discretization is given by
&
&
o; ii do; ii dV
&
f*dV
i
i dS= 0
(5)
Sf
Wi = Wi (j)Wi (h)
(6)
3
Wi (j)= Ni (j)+ aij (1 j)(1+ j)
4
(7)
3
Wi (h)= Ni (h)+ bik (1 h)(1+ h)
4
(8)
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Table 2
Cutting conditions for the experiment
Cutting velocity; rpm (m s1)
0.1
0.1
250 (2.16)
250 (2.16)
0.07
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
0.3
0.01
0.1
0.05
0.05
250
350
250
350
0.2
0.2
Test no.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
(2.16)
(3.02)
(2.16)
(3.02)
or
y%=
&
x%
as dx%
(9)
Table 3
Experimental apparatus
Apparatus
Specification
Tool
Workpiece
Lathe
Dynanometer
Amplifier
Computer
A/D converter
Fig. 7. Variation in principal and thrust forces with depth of cut for
a cutting speed of 2.16 m s 1 and a tool edge radius of 0.1 mm.
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Fig. 8. The ratio of thrust force to principal force with depth of cut
for a cutting speed of 2.16 m s 1 and a tool edge radius of 0.1 mm.
(12)
where Dt denotes the time increment and can be adjusted appropriately. After checking to see to which
element the point Pi + 1 belongs, the effective strain rate
at the point can be calculated by linear interpolation.
The interpolated strain rate is added incrementally to
the value of effective strain at the previous location as
oi + 1 = oi + o; i + 1 Dt
(13)
By the above procedure, a new grid system is constructed by the points on the selected flow lines. Finally, the effective strain at the center of a finite
element can be obtained through linear interpolation of
the values on the new grid system.
(10)
hi ho
h ho
(11)
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Fig. 10. Effect of depth of cut on the contours of effective strain rate for a cutting speed of 2.16 m s 1 and a tool edge radius of 0.1 mm: (a)
t1 =0.1 mm; (b) t1 = 0.2 mm.
remeshed and the velocity and temperature distributions are computed again. The final step is to calculate
the strain distributions. Flow lines and strain distributions are determined by linear interpolation. The iterations are continued until the initial and calculated
strains converge. In calculating the temperature and
strain distribution, it was found that the procedure
converged fairly rapidly, usually within four or five
iterations. Fig. 4 shows the flow chart of the cutting
process simulation program.
(16)
and
(14)
Tmod =T 1n log
"
o;
o; 0
(17)
For the friction force, the following equation proposed by Usui and Shirakashi [8] is used
tf = k 1 exp l
sn
k
"
(18)
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Fig. 11. Effect of depth of cut on the contours of temperature for a cutting speed of 2.16 m s 1 and a tool edge radius of 0.1 mm: (a) t1 = 0.1
mm; (b) t1 =0.2 mm.
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Fig. 12. Effect of depth of cut on the contours of maximum shear stress for a cutting speed of 2.16 m s 1 and a tool edge radius of 0.1 mm:
(a) t1 = 0.1 mm; (b) t1 = 0.2 mm.
Fig. 13. Variation of principal forces and thrust forces with tool edge
radii for a cutting speed of 2.16 m s 1 and a depth of cut of 0.2 mm.
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Fig. 14. Effects of tool edge radius on the contours of effective strain rate for a depth of cut of 0.2 mm and a cutting speed of 2.16 m s 1: (a)
r =0.01 mm; (b) r =0.1 mm.
Fig. 15. Effects of tool edge radius on the contours of temperature for a depth of cut of 0.2 mm and a cutting speed of 2.16 m s 1: (a) r =0.01
mm; (b) r =0.1 mm.
6. Conclusions
In this paper, the mechanics of the steady-state orthogonal cutting process considering the tool edge radius were analyzed using the finite-element method.
Orthogonal cutting experiments were performed for
0.2% carbon steel with tools having three different edge
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Fig. 16. Effects of tool edge radius on the contours of maximum shear stress for a depth of cut of 0.2 mm and a cutting speed of 2.16 m s 1:
(a) r =0.01 mm; (b) r= 0.1 mm.
radii, the forces being measured. The following conclusions can be drawn from the results of this study.
(1) The orthogonal cutting experiments confirm
that a major cause of the size effect is the tool
edge radius. The simulated results also show the size
effect and give good agreements with the experimental
results.
(2) As the tool edge radius increase, the principle
forces and the thrust forces increase, the maximum
effective strain rate decreases, but the deformation region extends deeper in the workpiece. In addition, there
is no change in chip thickness change despite the increase of the tool edge radius, which shows that the
increase of the total edge radius does not change the
shear angle, i.e. it does not contribute directly to chip
production.
(3) Increased tool edge radius causes change in the
temperature distribution of the tool, particularly in the
position of maximum temperature; the maximum temperature occurs along the tool edge in the case where
Fig. 17. Temperature distributions and location of maximum temperature for a depth of cut of 0.2 mm and a cutting speed of 2.16 m s 1:
(a) r= 0.1 mm; (b) r= 0.01 mm.
Fig. 18. Temperature distributions and locations of maximum temperature for a tool edge radius of 0.1 mm and a cutting speed of 2.16
m s 1: (a) t1 =0.2 mm; (b) t1 =0.3.
7. Nomenclature
Ck
Cp
Fc
Ft
k
kc
ln
Mi
n
Ni
Pi
r
T
Tint
penalty constant
specific heat
principal force
thrust force
shear stress
thermal conductivity
chiptool contact length
shape function of infinite element for node i
strain-hardening index
shape function of quadrilateral element for
node i
ith point on a flow line
tool edge radius
temperature, cutting temperature
chiptool contact average temperature
Tmod
t1
t2
V
Vi
Wi
velocity-modified temperature
depth of cut (undeformed chip thickness)
chip thickness
cutting velocity
velocity at point Pi
weighting function for node i
Greek
as
o
o
o;
o;
h, j
l
n, o; 0
letters
direction of velocity vector
uniaxial (effective) strain
effective strain
uniaxial (effective) strain rate
effective strain rate
natural coordinates
friction characteristic constant
constants in the velocity-modified temperature equation
density
uniaxial (effective) flow stress
value of s at o = 1
effective (flow) stress
normal stress
deviatoric stress tensor
frictional stress
r
s
s1
s
sn
s%ij
tf
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