Research Article

Numerical Investigation of the Rock Cutting Performance of a Circular Sawblade

Table 3

The regression results to predict the specific cutting energy.

VariablesCutting parametersRegression equationCorrelation coefficientF value value

SE-CDRS = 1000 r/miny = 0.00246x2 − 0.04554x + 0.428470.89530602.26631.2383E – 4
SE-CDRS = 2000 r/miny = 0.0024x2-0.05062x + 0.499670.959131556.8792.8962E – 5
SE-CDRS = 3000 r/miny = 0.00567x2 − 0.07476x + 0.586710.990087631.3712.7548E – 6
SE-DDFS = 0.3 m/miny = −0.000128x2 + 0.01443x + 0.308790.952393850.3991.0724E − 8
RS = 2000 r/min

SE = specific energy, CD = cutting depth, DD = distance between the double circular sawblades