A novel abrasive blasting process: Abrasive medium classification and CFD simulations |
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Authors: | E Özkaya E Bayraktar S Turek D Biermann |
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Affiliation: | 1. TU Dortmund, Institute of Applied Mathematics (LS3), Germany;2. TU Dortmund, Institute of MAchining Technology, Germany |
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Abstract: | This study concerns the determination of the significant factors for an innovative deburring process: low pressure abrasive water‐jet blasting. The abrasive medium aluminum oxide (Al2O3) is classified according to the individual characteristics of different grain sizes. Then, the particle behavior in the air jet is analyzed with an optical measuring method, Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV); the velocity profile and the particle distribution of the dispersed system are obtained. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations were verified by comparing the experimental and numerical results, and the velocity range for the abrasive particles has been specified. |
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Keywords: | abrasive particles deburring micro milling computational fluid dynamics micro abrasive water‐jet blasting Abrasivpartikel Entgraten Mikrofrä sen Computational Fluid Dynamics Mikroabrasivwasserstrahlen |
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