Thermal and mechanical numerical modelling of electric discharge machining process

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2021-2034

  Salah, Nizar Ben ^a   Ghanem, Farhat ^a   Atig, Kaïs Ben ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Mecanique   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Electric discharge machining (EDM); Erosion rate; Generalized minimal residual (GMRES) method; Numerical methods; Roughness; Thermal and residual stresses

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; EROSION; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROMACHINING; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRESS; THERMOELASTICITY; YIELD STRESS;

EROSION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; GENERALIZED MINIMAL RESIDUAL (GMRES) METHOD; HEAT GRADIENTS; HEAT TRANSFER MODELS; MACHINED MATERIALS; MATERIAL BEHAVIOURS; NON-UNIFORM; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ROUGHNESS; STEEL MATERIALS; SURFACE LAYERS; THERMAL AND RESIDUAL STRESSES; THERMO-MECHANICAL MODELS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 61749087494     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: 10990887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1091     Document Type: Article

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