A study on dimensional analysis modeling of crater size during wire electrical discharge turning process by using Buckingham Pi theorem

Abstract

The investigation on material removal by thermal erosion of discrete spark and vaporization in wire electrical discharge turning process was made to understand the crater size variation on turned components. In this study the modelling is done to establish the relationship between dependent and independent variables through Buckingham's Pi-theorem, to predict the variations of crater diameter depending on physical and thermal properties, subsequently the dimensional model was validated by conducting experiments on wire-electrical discharge turning process for two distinct density variant materials such as Aluminium 6061 and INCONEL 718 super alloys. The density, enthalpy of vaporization, radius of spark, specific heat and other quantities effect on crater diameter have been discussed in this research paper. © 2022