Wb. Rowell et al., GRINDING TEMPERATURES AND ENERGY PARTITIONING, Proceedings - Royal Society. Mathematical, physical and engineering sciences, 453(1960), 1997, pp. 1083-1104
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Journal title
Proceedings - Royal Society. Mathematical, physical and engineering sciences
In grinding, the heat generated is removed from the area of contact by
conduction into the workpiece, conduction into the grinding wheel gra
ins, convection with the material removed and convection to the fluid.
The partition ratios in surface grinding were estimated from the meas
ured temperatures using a thermocouple technique. A theoretical model
for predicting the partition ratio at the grain level is presented. Th
e theoretical model was correlated with measured results to validate t
he model and establish the effective thermal conductivity of cubic bor
on nitride (CBN) and aluminium oxide abrasives. The effective thermal
conductivity of CBN was found to be considerably lower than the report
ed theoretical value albeit much higher than the thermal conductivity
of aluminium oxide. The findings provide the basis for improved predic
tion of workpiece temperatures in grinding.