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SIMULATION AND THEORETICAL STUDY OF TEMPERATURE FIELD AND THERMAL DISPLACEMENT DISTRIBUTION OF ROCK-BREAKING DISC CUTTER RING BASED ON HEAT CONDUCTION THEORY
ABSTRACT
The tunnel boring machine disc cutter cutting process generates conditions such as high friction, temperature, and wear deformation conditions. In this paper, based on the rock-breaking force Colorado School of Mines model and heat conduction theory, the temperature field is deduced. A numerical analysis model is used to study the distribution of the temperature with penetration and rotational speed. The displacement-temperature-time and thermal stress-displacement-permeability relationships are investigated. The results show that the temperature rise increases with increasing penetration and rotational speed, and the highest temperature rise occurs at the outer edge of the tool ring. The degree of penetration has a quadratic function relationship with temperature rise, and the temperature rise has a positive linear relationship with the rotational speed. The radial thermal stress increases with increasing degree of penetration and radial distance, and the error between the simulated and theoretical values is within a reasonable range, which verifies the rationality and accuracy of the theoretical model.
KEYWORDS
TBM disc cutter, Hard rock-breaking, temperature field, Heat transfer theory, Radial displacement, numerical simulation
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2025-03-15
PAPER REVISED: 2025-08-08
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2025-08-25
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2025-11-01
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI250315169L
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