Fracture toughness and cutting
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Production Research
- Vol. 12 (2) , 263-274
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207547408919554
Abstract
An exploratory model for cutting is presented which incorporates fracture toughness as well as the commonly considered effects of plasticity and friction. The periodic load fluctuations Been in cutting force dynamometer tests are predicted, and considerations of chatter and surface finish follow. A non-dimensional group is put forward to classify different regimes of material response to machining. It leads to tentative explanations for the difficulties of cutting materials such as ceramics and brittlo polymers, and also relates to the formation of discontinuous chips. Experiments on a range of solids with widely varying toughness/strength ratios generally agree with the analysis.Keywords
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