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CIRP Annals

Volume 41, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 117-120
CIRP Annals

Molecular Dynamics Analysis as Compared with Experimental Results of Micromachining

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An attempt is presented on the molecular dynamics (MD) analysis of nanometric chip removal process in micro-cutting. Comparison shows a family good agreement between the chip morphologies, the cutting forces and the specific energy in both MD simulation and micro-cutting experiments. It is also shown that MD simulation can be applied to the analysis of thermal field in metal cutting process with the introduction of a suitable scaling on the gradient in thermal field which is affected by the thermal conductivity of the workmaterial.

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