Investigation of thermal behavior on cylinder liner during its boring process

Research was conducted on the effect of cutting conditions on temperature rise of cylinder liner during cylinder-boring process. A finite element method (FEM) model was developed to confirm suitable cutting conditions by predicting the temperature distribution in a cylinder liner and thermal expansion of the cylinder liner. To analyze the temperature distribution in the cylinder liner during machining, the partition of the total heat generated during machining which flows into the cylinder liner has to be investigated. A method combining experiment with analysis, called an “inverse heat transfer method”, was used to estimate the heat percentage flowing to the cylinder liner in this paper. To capture the required data for the inverse heat transfer method, sets of dry and wet boring experiments were conducted to estimate the temperature distribution in the cylinder liner wall and the cutting force during machining. The influence of the cutting conditions (for example: cutting speed, feed rate, depth of cut, cutting fluid) on the cutting force and temperature distribution in a cylinder during machining was investigated, and the heat partition flowing to the workpiece under various cutting conditions (especially, under high-speed cutting, with a maximum cutting speed up to 900 m/min) was then determined. A three-dimensional FEM analysis model was developed to simulate the temperature distribution in the cylinder liner and thermal expansion of the cylinder liner during machining. Then, the suitable cutting conditions in cylinder boring were confirmed by FEM analysis. To investigate the influence of the air cooling on the temperature distribution in the cylinder liner after machining, the change of temperature distribution in the cylinder liner under air cooling was predicted.