Experimental investigation on the effect of wear flat inclination on the cutting response of a blunt tool in rock cutting

A vast majority of experimental researches focuses on the cutting action of a sharp cutter, while there has been limited experimental work devoted to the study of the contact process at the wear flat-rock interface. The specific objective of this study is to determine the effect of the wear flat inc...

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Main Authors: Rostamsowlat, I., Richard, T., Evans, Brian
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69831
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author Rostamsowlat, I.
Richard, T.
Evans, Brian
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Richard, T.
Evans, Brian
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description A vast majority of experimental researches focuses on the cutting action of a sharp cutter, while there has been limited experimental work devoted to the study of the contact process at the wear flat-rock interface. The specific objective of this study is to determine the effect of the wear flat inclination angle ( β ) with respect to the cutter velocity vector ( vv ) on both the contact stress ( σ ) and friction coefficient ( μ ) mobilized at the wear flat-rock interface. An extensive and comprehensive set of cutting experiments was carried out on thirteen different sedimentary quarry rock samples using a state-of-the-art rock cutting equipment. A unique cutter holder was purposely designed and manufactured along with a precise experimental protocol implemented in order to change the back rake angle and therefore the inclination β by steps of 0.10∘ . The experimental observations confirm the existence of three regimes of frictional contact (identified as elastic, elasto-plastic and plastic) for all rock samples. Further, the results suggest that the scaled contact stress is predominantly controlled by a dimensionless number η=E∗tanβq with E∗ the plane strain elastic modulus and q the rock strength.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-698312020-06-02T00:38:46Z Experimental investigation on the effect of wear flat inclination on the cutting response of a blunt tool in rock cutting Rostamsowlat, I. Richard, T. Evans, Brian A vast majority of experimental researches focuses on the cutting action of a sharp cutter, while there has been limited experimental work devoted to the study of the contact process at the wear flat-rock interface. The specific objective of this study is to determine the effect of the wear flat inclination angle ( β ) with respect to the cutter velocity vector ( vv ) on both the contact stress ( σ ) and friction coefficient ( μ ) mobilized at the wear flat-rock interface. An extensive and comprehensive set of cutting experiments was carried out on thirteen different sedimentary quarry rock samples using a state-of-the-art rock cutting equipment. A unique cutter holder was purposely designed and manufactured along with a precise experimental protocol implemented in order to change the back rake angle and therefore the inclination β by steps of 0.10∘ . The experimental observations confirm the existence of three regimes of frictional contact (identified as elastic, elasto-plastic and plastic) for all rock samples. Further, the results suggest that the scaled contact stress is predominantly controlled by a dimensionless number η=E∗tanβq with E∗ the plane strain elastic modulus and q the rock strength. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69831 10.1007/s11440-018-0674-1 fulltext
spellingShingle Rostamsowlat, I.
Richard, T.
Evans, Brian
Experimental investigation on the effect of wear flat inclination on the cutting response of a blunt tool in rock cutting
title Experimental investigation on the effect of wear flat inclination on the cutting response of a blunt tool in rock cutting
title_full Experimental investigation on the effect of wear flat inclination on the cutting response of a blunt tool in rock cutting
title_fullStr Experimental investigation on the effect of wear flat inclination on the cutting response of a blunt tool in rock cutting
title_full_unstemmed Experimental investigation on the effect of wear flat inclination on the cutting response of a blunt tool in rock cutting
title_short Experimental investigation on the effect of wear flat inclination on the cutting response of a blunt tool in rock cutting
title_sort experimental investigation on the effect of wear flat inclination on the cutting response of a blunt tool in rock cutting
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69831