Alumina ceramics, due to their excellent properties of high hardness, corrosion resistance, and low thermal expansion coefficient, are important industrial materials with a wide range of applications, but these materials also present difficulty in machining with low material removal rates and high tool wear. This study is concerned with laser-assisted machining (LAM) of high weight percentage of alumina ceramics to improve the machinability by a single point cutting tool while reducing the cutting forces. A multiscale model is developed for simulating the machining of alumina ceramics. In the polycrystalline form, the properties of alumina ceramics are strongly related to the glass interface existing in their microstructure, particularly at high temperatures. The interface is characterized by a cohesive zone model (CZM) with the traction–separation law while the alumina grains are modeled as continuum elements with isotropic properties separated by the interface. Bulk deformation and brittle failure are considered for the alumina grains. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are carried out to obtain the atomistic structures and parameterize traction–separation laws for the interfaces of different compositions of alumina ceramics at high temperatures. The generated parameterized traction–separation laws are then incorporated into a finite element model in Abaqus to simulate the intergranular cracks. For validation purposes, simulated results of the multiscale approach are compared with the experimental measurements of the cutting forces. The model is successful in predicting cutting forces with respect to the different weight percentage and composition of alumina ceramics at high temperatures in LAM processes.
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January 2016
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Multiscale Finite Element Modeling of Alumina Ceramics Undergoing Laser-Assisted Machining
Xiangyang Dong,
Xiangyang Dong
Center for Laser-Based Manufacturing,
School of Mechanical Engineering,
Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN 47907
e-mail: dong66@purdue.edu
School of Mechanical Engineering,
Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN 47907
e-mail: dong66@purdue.edu
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Yung C. Shin
Yung C. Shin
Fellow ASME
Center for Laser-Based Manufacturing,
School of Mechanical Engineering,
Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN 47907
e-mail: shin@purdue.edu
Center for Laser-Based Manufacturing,
School of Mechanical Engineering,
Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN 47907
e-mail: shin@purdue.edu
Search for other works by this author on:
Xiangyang Dong
Center for Laser-Based Manufacturing,
School of Mechanical Engineering,
Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN 47907
e-mail: dong66@purdue.edu
School of Mechanical Engineering,
Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN 47907
e-mail: dong66@purdue.edu
Yung C. Shin
Fellow ASME
Center for Laser-Based Manufacturing,
School of Mechanical Engineering,
Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN 47907
e-mail: shin@purdue.edu
Center for Laser-Based Manufacturing,
School of Mechanical Engineering,
Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN 47907
e-mail: shin@purdue.edu
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Manufacturing Engineering Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. Manuscript received September 2, 2014; final manuscript received February 13, 2015; published online September 9, 2015. Assoc. Editor: Hongqiang Chen.
J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. Jan 2016, 138(1): 011004 (8 pages)
Published Online: September 9, 2015
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Received:
September 2, 2014
Revision Received:
February 13, 2015
Citation
Dong, X., and Shin, Y. C. (September 9, 2015). "Multiscale Finite Element Modeling of Alumina Ceramics Undergoing Laser-Assisted Machining." ASME. J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. January 2016; 138(1): 011004. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4029858
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