A new approach for time-space wear modeling applied to machining tool wear

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A general methodology is proposed and demonstrated for modeling the progression of crater wear on cutting
tools used for steel machining. Dimensional analysis and Finite Element Analysis of metal cutting are the
foundations of this new approach. The dimensional analysis resulted in a differential equation which describes
wear rate as a function of dimensionless variables. Numerical models of cutting allow one to estimate local
variables associated with wear at tool-chip contact. Orthogonal cutting simulations were carried out with
commercial code DEFORM - 2D Ver 11.0. AISI 1018 steel was used as the workpiece material for an uncoated
carbide cutting tool. Prediction of wear evolution and crater profiles on the tool's rake face were in good
agreement with experimental data.