Numerical modeling and analysis of Ti6Al4V alloy chip for biomedical applications
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Journal Article
Abstract
The influence of cutting forces during the machining of titanium alloys has attained prime attention in selecting the optimal cutting conditions to improve the surface integrity of medical implants and biomedical devices. So far, it has not been easy to explain the chip morphology of Ti6Al4V and the thermo-mechanical interactions involved during the cutting process. This paper investigates the chip configuration of the Ti6Al4V alloy under dry milling conditions at a macro and micro scale by employing the Johnson-Cook material damage model. 2D modeling, numerical milling simulations, and post-processing were conducted using the Abaqus/Explicit commercial software. The uncut chip geometry was modeled with variable thicknesses to accomplish the macro to micro-scale cutting by adapting a trochoidal path. Numerical results, predicted for the cutting reaction forces and shearing zone temperatures, were found in close approximation to experimental ones with minor deviations. Further analyses evaluated the influence of cutting speeds and contact friction coefficients over the chip flow stress, equivalent plastic strain, and chip morphology. The methodology developed can be implemented in resolving the industrial problems in the biomedical sector for predicting the chip morphology of the Ti6Al4V alloy, fracture mechanisms of hard-to-cut materials, and the effects of different cutting parameters on workpiece integrity.
Date Issued
2020-11-19
Date Acceptance
2020-11-16
Citation
Materials, 2020, 13 (22)
ISSN
1996-1944
Publisher
MDPI
Journal / Book Title
Materials
Volume
13
Issue
22
Copyright Statement
©2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open accessarticle distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution(CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Materials Science
Ti6Al4V
Johnson-Cook
simulation of cutting processes
chip morphology
COOK CONSTITUTIVE MODEL
TOOL LIFE
TI-6AL-4V ALLOY
CUTTING-TOOL
FLOW-STRESS
EDGE RADIUS
TITANIUM
SPEED
WEAR
SEGMENTATION
Johnson-Cook
Ti6Al4V
chip morphology
simulation of cutting processes
03 Chemical Sciences
09 Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 5236