Discrete Element Numerical Analysis and Experimental Study of Forces in Grinding of Granite

Abstract:

Grinding test was carried out to study the grinding of granite with single diamond grain. Forces were measured to investigate the mean normal and tangential forces acted on the diamond grain. The relationship between the forces and either spindle speed or the maximum thickness of the undeformed chip produced by a diamond grain was discussed. The digital models of granite were constructed by discrete element method. Based on the model, two-dimensional and 3-D analysis was carried out to simulate the grinding process with the single diamond grain. The simulation results were compared with experimental data, and some useful conclusions were obtained: the 3-D results agree well with the experiment data at the sameand largeas well as the sameand large; the 3-D and 2-D results are comparable to the experiment data at other machining parameters..

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 437)
• Pages: 241-244
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.437.241
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Yong Ye*, Liang Kang
• Keywords: Discrete Element Method (DEM), Granite, Grinding Force, Grinding with Single Grain

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