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Modelling and analysis of abrasive water jet cutting front profile

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Abrasive water jet (AWJ) is an advanced manufacturing tool for processing difficult-to-cut materials. However, the further application of AWJ is limited by its achievable machining accuracy. Different from traditional processing methods, the AWJ is a soft knife that will be deformed during processing, so its machining accuracy depends on the cutting front. In this paper, the influence of processing parameters on the cutting front of AWJ is studied in detail. The results show that the nozzle traverse speed has a significant influence on the cutting front profile, while the influence of abrasive flow rate and water pressure on the cutting front profile is not obvious. Based on this, the cutting front profile model is built through theoretical and experimental analysis. With this model, it becomes feasible and practical to predict the cutting front curve based on cutting conditions.

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This research was supported by the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (2018JJ3253 and 2020JJ5273), Hunan Provincial Department of Education Project (18B462, 18A419 and 19B298), and Hunan Province Key Area R&D Program (2019SK2192).

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    Shu Wang, Fengling Yang, Dong Hu, Chuanlin Tang & Peng Lin

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Shu Wang: conceptualization, experiments, and writing; Fengling Yang: conceptualization, funding acquisition, and project supervision; Dong Hu: data analysis and writing; Chuanlin Tang: supervision, investigation, and data curation; Peng Lin: experiments.

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Wang, S., Yang, F., Hu, D. et al. Modelling and analysis of abrasive water jet cutting front profile. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 114, 2829–2837 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-07014-5

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