Optimal cutting conditions in turning of particulate metal matrix composites based on experiment and a genetic search model

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2002

Authors

Carlos A. C. António (Author) FEUP; João P. Davim (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Vol. 33 No. 2

Pages: 213-219

ISSN: 1359-835X

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-000-R07

DOI: 10.1016/s1359-835x(01)00094-x

Abstract (EN): The results of an experimental study concerned with the evolution of cutting forces, tool wear and surface roughness, as functions of time when turning the particulate metal matrix composite A356/20/SiCp-T6 are presented, Inserts with polycrystalline diamond (PCD) were tested. Cutting forces were measured using a piezoelectric dynamometer. The wear type was identified and its evolution with cutting time was measured. To model the phenomena a hybrid technique based on an evolutionary search over the design space defined by the experimental results is considered. Optimal cutting conditions are searched using a genetic algorithm based on an elitist strategy. The chromosomes composed by random keys represent cutting conditions defined according to a temporal scale.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7