A parallel algorithm for the simulation of temperature distribution in metal cutting

Abstract

Temperature distributions involved in some metal cutting or surface milling processes may be obtained by solving a nonlinear inverse problem. A simplified metal cutting process is considered in this paper. A problem partitioning concept is used to partition the original problem. We propose a distributed algorithm in relation to the choice of numerical schemes in order to simulate the temperature distribution of such problems. Numerical results are provided for three different materials. Efficiency analysis is provided to examine the algorithm when it is being run in a distributed computing environment. Possibilities are discussed of encapsulating the algorithm in a computer virtual design environment for metal cutting and extending the algorithm in a real time simulation system.