Abstract
The hole drilling residual stress measuring method is based on drilling a small hole in a material sample and measuring the strain relieved in the hole vicinity by a special strain gauge rosette. The temperature and thermal strain induced by the drilling process can cause significant errors in the relieved strain measurement. The paper deals with computer simulation of the thermomechanical process in the sample during drilling. The first part is devoted to the evaluation of heat flux from the drilling tool to the drilled material using the sample surface temperature measured by thermography. The second part deals with determination of real strain and strain gauge thermal output (apparent strain) at the strain gauge location during and after drilling. The paper describes the computer modelling technique for solving an indirect thermal problem of drilling heat flux determination and a direct thermomechanical problem for a set of the process alternatives. Comparisons of simulated and experimentally determined temperatures and strains are presented.
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