A Legendre Polynomials Based Method for Stability Analysis of Milling Processes

Abstract

This paper presents a time-domain approach for a semi-analytical prediction of stability in milling using the Legendre polynomials. The governing equation of motion of milling processes is expressed as a delay-differential equation (DDE) with time periodic coefficients. After the DDE being re-expressed in state-space form, the state vector is approximated by a series of Legendre polynomials. With the help of the Legendre–Gauss–Lobatto (LGL) quadrature, a discrete dynamic map is formulated to approximate the original DDE, and utilized to predict the milling stability based on Floquet theory. With numerical examples illustrating the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed approach, an experimental example validates the method.