Shaonan Huang

Bio: Shaonan Huang is an academic researcher from Jiamusi University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Grinding & Surface roughness. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 2 publications receiving 10 citations.

Sub-surface crack formation in ultrasonic vibration-assisted grinding of BK7 optical glass

Abstract: Due to the inherent properties of high brittleness and low fracture toughness of optical glass materials, sub-surface cracks would be inevitably induced into the ultrasonic vibration assisted grinding process. Knowledge of the formation mechanisms of sub-surface cracks plays a key role in implementing high efficiency and precision machining of this kind of materials. In this work, the ultrasonic vibration assisted grinding experiments of BK7 optical glass were carried out. Processed by cross-sectional polishing and assisted by HF acid etching, quite a few sub-surface cracks with different shapes were observed beneath the machined surfaces. Categorized by the shapes and formation mechanisms, four kinds of sub-surface cracks (i.e., straight median sub-surface crack, arc median sub-surface crack, lateral sub-surface crack, and bifurcated sub-surface crack) and their corresponding formation mechanisms were both clarified. Experimental and analytical results suggest that the arc sub-surface cracks were formed by the relative shear stresses parallel to the plane of median crack frontiers, which are generated by nonsymmetric contacting between abrasive grains and glass specimen in ultrasonic vibration grinding. The bifurcation cracks were formed by the distortion in frontier fields caused by the impact effect provided by ultrasonic vibration as the abrasive grains vibrate down to the glass material. Effects of grinding and ultrasonic vibration parameters on the maximum depth of sub-surface cracks were also investigated in this work. The value of the maximum depth of sub-surface cracks showed a great dependence on the processing parameters.

Experimental investigation on surface quality in ultrasonic vibration assisted high speed grinding of BK7 optical glass

Abstract: Knowledge of surface formation mechanism plays a key role in implementing precision machining of optical glass materials. In order to evaluate the surface quality and to explore surface formation mechanism, in this paper, ultrasonic vibration assisted grinding (UVAG) experiments were carried out on BK7 optical glass by employing diamond wheel. Quite a few micro and macro brittle-fractured pits of different shapes, sizes and morphologies were observed on machined surfaces by using scanning electron microscope. Spindle rotation speed, feed rate, grinding depth and ultrasonic vibration amplitude had be found to exert significant effects on the surface generation and machined surface roughness in ultrasonic vibration assisted grinding of this kind of materials. It was also demonstrated that the value of machined surface roughness would become much smaller if the pits size was small. Based on the observation and classification of pits morphologies, the machined surfaces forming mechanism was extensively investigated in this work.

Theoretical model and experimental analysis of non-uniform material removal during full-aperture polishing

Abstract: Full-aperture polishing is a key process in the fabrication of large flat optical elements with a high-precision surface figure. Controlling of the surface figure, which is primarily dependent on the material removal distribution, during the polishing process is challenging. In this study, a novel model is proposed to calculate the material removal distribution and the resultant surface figure. The model determines the material removal amount of points on the workpiece by considering the kinematic parameters and pressure distribution along the sliding trajectory relative to the pad. Moreover, the pressure distribution during the polishing process is acquired from the mechanical and morphological characteristic of polishing pad. With this model, the final surface figures under several polishing conditions were simulated and were found to be in close agreement with the experimental results.