Prozesssimulation in der Zerspanung – Modellierung von Dreh- und Fräsprozessen

Zabel, A.

Machining processes and the information technology necessary for their successful implementation and optimization play a major role in modern production process chains. With respect to research and education, the Institute of Machining Technology of TU Dortmund has been focussing on these machining processes for many years and on their modelling and simulation as well. By publishing Phd and habilitation thesis, the Schriftenreihe des ISF introduces the achieved results to experts from production technology.

In-depth knowledge of the fundamentals of machining processes is the most important requirement for a understanding of the major mechanisms during cutting. The latter may then serve as a basis for process optimization. In this context, modelling and simulation systems, which allow the prediction of different process values, are of great importance. Such systems are already successfully applied in practice, and they are investigated in many research projects as well. The great value of these systems is also a result of the ever-decreasing costs for computational power.

This habilitation thesis aims at the modelling and simulation of turning and milling processes. Based on a classification, a large number of modelling methods and simulation systems is discussed in detail. The author concentrates on finite-element-based systems on the one hand and on geometry driven and analytical as well as hybrid systems on the other hand. This work may serve as a basis for a complete lecture, as a broad overview of the state of the art and last but not least as a textbook to support interested readers from science and industry.

Published as

Habilitationsschrift, Technische Universität Dortmund, Vulkan Verlag, Essen, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8027-8752-2