Numerical simulation of the stability of water fiber-optic in water jet-guided laser machining

Abstract

Water jet-guided laser machining is a new compound machining technology, which has been widely used in many fields due to its better processing effect. In this technology, the coupling of laser beam and micro-water jet directly determines the machining effect, and the prerequisite for successful coupling is the steady flow of the water jet, so ensuring the stability of the micro-water jet is the key to the stable machining of water jet-guided laser. Therefore, it is of great significance to studying the stability of the water fiber-optic in water jet-guided laser processing. In this paper, aiming at the problem that the stability of the water fiber-optic is difficult to control, a finite element model of the water fiber-optic is established. The convection model is vortex gas-phase flow “enveloped” water fiber-optic which is used to explain the interaction mechanism, and the flow field distribution of gas-phase flow and water fiber-optic convection was obtained. The results show that water fiber-optic is refined under the constraint of gas-phase flow, and the maximum processing distance can increase by three times. At the same time, the gas-phase flow can accelerate the removal of processing debris, and the processing accuracy and efficiency are improved.

Keywords

water fiber-optic finite element analysis water jet-guided laser gas-liquid constraints working distance

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