Stress and heat flux distribution in rake face. Analytical and experimental approaches

Metallurgical solutions for an improvement in machinability currently use nonmetallic inclusions in order to create solid lubricants at the interfaces between tool and workmaterial. It is possible to identify and quantify these layers afterwards. However it is important to know the conditions for which these layers appear: tribological conditions, kinematical conditions (i.e. cutting speed, feed and depth of cut) and thermomechanical conditions (stress and temperature distribution in the interfaces). We focus on the tool / chip interface and more precisely on the thermomechanical conditions. This contribution is concerned with both the analytical modeling and measurement of the temperature distribution in the chip forming zone. We propose a correlation between theoretical and experimental values