Polishing of polycrystalline diamond by the technique of dynamic friction , part 1 : Prediction of the interface temperature rise

This paper investigates the interface temperature rise in polishing a polycrystalline diamond (PCD) surface. First, the Greenwood– Williamson’s statistical asperity model is applied to characterise the surface roughness of a PCD specimen. The result is then used to estimate the contact area and total number of contact asperities under an applied polishing load. The heat generated is taken as the product of the friction force and the relative sliding velocity between the PCD asperities and the metal disk surface. The Jaeger’s moving heat source analysis is then applied to determine the fractions of heat flux flowing into the PCD asperities and their counterpart in contact sliding and to give rise to the average temperature rise. A comparison with the observations made in the authors’ experiments and those reported in the literature showed that the model predicts very well the temperature rise at the polishing interface. q 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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