Research on Multi-physics Field Coupling Dynamic Process in Forward Flow Electrochemical Trepanning Blades

In this work, a multi-physics field coupling model based on electric field, gas-liquid two-phase flow field and temperature field of the forward flow electrochemical trepanning (FFECT) blades was established, and the distribution law of hydrogen bubble volume fraction, electrolyte temperature and electrolyte conductivity in machining gap was obtained. Based on the simulation results, the time-varying process of electrolyte flow velocity distribution was divided into three stages according to the change in machining gap corresponding to different blade machining heights H, and the effects of the machining voltage U and the cathode feed rate v on the side gap Delta( s ) and the end gap Delta( e ) were investigated. The simulation analysis and experimental results show that both side gap and end gap increase as machining voltage increases while decrease with the increase in cathode feed rate. The model predictions are in good agreement with the experimental results, and the maximum errors of side gap and end gap are 10.6% and 17.7% respectively. In addition, the effects of machining voltage and cathode feed rate on the surface quality were studied experimentally. Results reveal that surface roughness can be reduced by appropriately decreasing the machining voltage and increasing the cathode feed rate.

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In this work, a multi-physics field coupling model was developed to investigate the electric field, gas-liquid two-phase flow field, and temperature field in the forward flow electrochemical trepanning (FFECT) blades. The distribution of hydrogen bubble volume fraction, electrolyte temperature, and electrolyte conductivity in the machining gap was obtained. Simulation and experimental results demonstrated that the machining voltage and cathode feed rate significantly affected both the side gap and the end gap. The model predictions showed good agreement with the experimental results.