Numerical modelling of kerf geometry in abrasive water jet machining

International Journal of Abrasive Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-230

  Saxena, Ambuj ^a   Paul, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

abrasive water jet cutting; AWJ; Cutting ability parameter; kerf characteristics; numerical modelling; Taper quality parameter

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649198000     PISSN: 17522641     EISSN: 1752265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAT.2007.015385     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Bitter, J.G.A. (1963a) ‘A study of erosion phenomena, part I’, Wear, Vol. 6, pp.5–21.
2. Bitter, J.G.A. (1963b) ‘A study of erosion phenomena, part II’, Wear, Vol. 6, pp.169–190.
3. Chen, L., Siores, E. and Wong, W.C.K. (1996) ‘Kerf characteristics in abrasive waterjet cutting of ceramic materials’, International Journal of Machine Tools Manufacture, Vol. 36, No. 1l, pp.1201–1206.
4. Finnie, I. (1958) ‘The mechanism of erosion of ductile metals’, in R.M. Haythornthwaite et al. (Eds). Proceedigs 3rd U.S. National Congress Applied Mechanics, New York: ASME, pp.527–532.
5. Guo, N.S. (1994) Schneidprozeß und Schnittqualitat beim Wasserabrasivstrahlschneiden, Reihe: VDI-Fortschritt-Berichte.
6. Hashish, M. (1984) ‘A model study of metal cutting with abrasive water jets’, ASME Journal of Engineering Material and Technology, Vol. 106, pp.88–100.
7. Hutchings, I.M. and Winter, R.E. (1974) ‘Particle erosion of ductile metals: a mechanism of material removal’, Wear, Vol. 27, pp.121–128.
8. Lebar, A. and Junkar, M. (2004) ‘Simulation of abrasive water jet cutting process: part 1. Unit event approach’, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 12, pp.1159–1170.
9. Ma, C. and Deam, R.T. (2006) ‘A correlation for predicting the kerf profile from abrasive water jet cutting’, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 30, pp.337–343.
10. Momber, A.W. and Kovacevic, R. (1998) Principles of Abrasive Water Jet Machining, Springer.
11. Orbanic, H. and Junkar, M. (2004) ‘Simulation of abrasive water jet cutting process: part 2. cellular automata approach’, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 12, pp.1171–1184.
12. Paul, S., Hoogstrate, A.M., van Luttervelt, C.A. and Kals, H.J.J. (1998) ‘Analytical modelling of total depth of cut in abrasive water jet machining of polycrystalline brittle materials’, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 73, pp.206–212.
13. Paul, S., Hoogstrate, A.M. and van Praag, R. (2002) ‘Abrasive water jet machining of glass fibre metal laminates’, Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Part B, Vol. 216, pp.1459–1469.
14. Paul, S. (2006) Manufacturing Processes-II. Module 9, Lesson 39, Available at: http://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/courses/Webcourse-contents/IIT%20Kharagpur/Manuf%20Proc% 20II/pdf/LM-37.pdf), Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Retrieved on 2 April 2007.
15. Vikram, G. and Ramesh Babu, N. (2002) ‘Modelling and analysis of abrasive water jet cut surface topography’, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, Vol. 42, pp.1345–1354.
16. Zeng, J. and Kim, T.J. (1996) ‘An erosion model of polycrystalline ceramics in abrasive water jet cutting’, Wear, Vol. 199, No. 2, pp.275–282.