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A user-friendly finite element model for radial mode abrasive waterjet turning

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Journal of Engineering Manufacture • 2021
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Authors Yahya Abdelhameed; Ashraf Ibrahim Hassan; Saleh Kaytbay
Keywords Abrasive waterjet turning; radial-mode; finite element method; user-friendly model; python scripting; depth of cut
Journal Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Journal of Engineering Manufacture
Publisher Sage Publishing
Volume May
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publication.type International
Paper Link Open Link
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Abstract
This paper aims to develop a finite element (FE) model precisely simulating the multi-particle impact in the radial mode abrasive waterjet turning (AWJT). An explicit dynamic analysis was carried out to predict the crater profile resulting from the impact of the abrasive particles along a limited segment of the jet pass over the workpiece surface. The effect of both momentum transfer loss and abrasive load ratio was taken into consideration while calculating the impact velocity of the abrasive particles. To build a user-friendly model, the scripting feature of ABAQUS was involved to automatically perform all the repetitive modeling procedures. The presented FE model considers four variable turning parameters tested at five levels each, including impact velocity, abrasive mass flow rate, traverse rate, and workpiece speed. The obtained crater profile from the simulation process was utilized to calculate the depth of cut (DOC) at different parameter combinations. A comparison between the numerical and experimental results shows a good agreement with an average absolute relative error of 9.74%.