Research Article

Numerical Simulation of Rock Cutting with a Diamond Sawblade Based on LS-DYNA

Table 2

Regression results to predict the diamond sawblade performance.

VariablesCutting parameterRegression equationCorrelation coefficientF-value value

SE-FSCutting depth of 1 cmy = 11.42824x2 − 2.02953x + 0.614630.98417125.304645.7e−4
SE-FSCutting depth of 3 cm0.99322293.839171.8e−4
SE-FSCutting depth of 5 cm0.9282926.888620.00134
SE-FSCutting depth of 7 cm0.9788893.693112.7e−4
SE-FSCutting depth of 9 cm0.99464372.243579.1e−5
SE-RSCutting depth of 1 cm0.9219648.255470.00282
SE-RSCutting depth of 3 cm0.9221448.375520.00219
SE-RSCutting depth of 5 cm0.96328105.919099.5
SE-RSCutting depth of 7 cm0.8784629.910880.00325
SE-RSCutting depth of 9 cm0.9274352.121860.00171

SE = specific energy; FS = feed speed; RS = rotation speed.