Milling Force and Machining Deformation in Mirror Milling of Aircraft Skin

Abstract:

Machining the aircraft skin, using CNC milling to replace the traditional chemical milling, is a trend owning to the great pollution of the chemical milling to the environment. Based on the instantaneous rigidity force hypothesis, a milling force model for mirror milling of aircraft skin was proposed, which was validated by the milling force measurement during mirror milling experiments. A FEM model was established to calculate the deformation of the aluminum plate in mirror milling. The effects of the supporting position on the deformation was analyzed.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1136)
• Pages: 149-155
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1136.149
• Online since: January 2016
• Authors: Yan Bao, Zhi Gang Dong, Ren Ke Kang*, Zhao Li, Yi Chu Yuan
• Keywords: Aircraft Skin, Finite Element Simulation, Milling Force, Mirror Milling

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