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- Title
3D FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF SLOT MILLING OF CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITE.
- Authors
PRAKASH. C.; K. S., VIJAY SEKAR.
- Abstract
In recent days, Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) composites are used in making the primary structures of aircraft, marine vessels and automobiles due to their superior properties. Composite laminates need limited traditional machining methods like drilling and milling to achieve the desired shape. However, the slot milling process is influenced by several machining parameters like cutting speed, cutter diameter, tool geometry, cutting tool material, feed, etc., Moreover the inherent characteristics of the CFRP composites results in difficulties during machining of composites, which leads to undesirable damages in the milled surface. The slot milling of CFRP laminate involve, the thrust forces influence more on the quality of the machined surface, hence the critical thrust force is to be determined and investigated, which is a challenging task. Modeling and simulation of cutting processes have the potential to improve cutting tool designs and selecting optimal conditions, especially in advanced applications such as high-speed milling. In this paper using ABAQUS/Explicit a 3D Finite Element Model (FEM) has been developed to simulate and to select an appropriate cutting parameter setting for the slot milling operation of a CFRP laminate. The effects of cutting speed and feed rate on thrust forces, obtained using FE analysis are in close agreement with the experimental values and the literature. The developed FE model is very much efficient to predict the thrust force signals generated during end milling of CFRP composites.
- Subjects
CARBON fiber-reinforced plastics; POLYMERIC composites; FINITE element method; MILLING (Metalwork); DRILLING &; boring; AIRPLANE design
- Publication
Journal of the Balkan Tribological Association, 2017, Vol 23, Issue 3, p497
- ISSN
1310-4772
- Publication type
Article