Title: A Numerical Investigation of Effects of Cutting Velocity and Feed Rate on Residual Stresses in Aluminum Alloy Al-6061
Abstract:The aim of this research was to investigate the residual stresses in an aluminum alloy Al-6061 workpiece after machining.The sensitivity of residual stresses to cutting speed and feed rate was determi...The aim of this research was to investigate the residual stresses in an aluminum alloy Al-6061 workpiece after machining.The sensitivity of residual stresses to cutting speed and feed rate was determined using finite element method.Tensile residual stresses at the surface of components are generally undesirable as they contribute to fatigue failure, quench cracking and stress-corrosion cracking.A two dimensional model of machining was developed using commercially available finite element software, Abaqus, to simulate orthogonal cutting of Al-6061 alloy.Numerical simulations of orthogonal cutting of the workpiece were carried out at various preselected combinations of feed rate and cutting speed.The simulation results showed that residual stresses were insensitive to changes in cutting speed, however, residual stresses were clearly affected by the change in feed rate.Read More
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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