Digital image correlation as a usefful tool of analysis of hot cutting process

Abstract

This study deals with the use of Digital Image Correlation (DIC) to investigate the physical phenomena taking place during the orthogonal cutting of a SG iron specimen at high temperature (around 1,000 °C). After h aving recalled the scientific and industrial context, the experimental procedure developed to record the pictures of the tool covered with a speckle pattern at a frequency of 10,000 Hz (thanks to a high speed camera) is explained. The quantitative exploitation of these recordings is leading to a first set of results showing how the cutting speed and the rake angle of the tool have an influence on the physics of the cutting operation.