FEM ANALYSIS OF THERMAL SOFTENING – INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF WORKPIECE TEMPERATURE ON CUTTING FORCE IN THE DEFORM ENVIRONMENT
This paper presents the findings from numerical modeling of the turning process of titanium alloys with preheating of the workpiece. This modelling was conducted using the DEFORM-2D software environment, which is based on the finite element method (FEM). The objective of this study is to investigate the influence of workpiece temperature on cutting force and to determine the optimal heating parameters for machining materials that are challenging to process.