Thermomechanical Analytical 3D Thermal/Stress Estimation Sidewall Grinding Model

Abstract

A general three-dimensional thermal/stress grinding model, based on thermal and elastic/plastic classical analytical solutions, has been developed in this paper. The thermal model can predict the temperature distribution of surface and cylindrical external/internal creep-feed or conventional grinding for vertical or inclined sidewall surface grinding. This paper deals with a grinding burn problem that is widespread in the aerospace and automotive industries. The thermal model is compared with sidewall surface grinding experiments. The comparison of the temperature distribution results is expected. The general stress model has been developed, which combines both spherical and cylindrical coordinates. In addition, the 3D thermal/stress model is compared with four cases of external cylindrical grinding experiments. The residual stresses agree reasonably.