An optimized material removal process
Soft Condensed Matter
2020-11-25 v1
Abstract
We conduct boundary element simulations of a contact problem consisting of an elastic medium subject to tangential load. Using a particle swarm optimization algorithm, we find the optimal shape and location of the micro-contacts to maximize for a given load the stored elastic energy contributing to the removal of a spherical particle contained in between the micro-contacts. We propose an ice scream scoop as an application of this optimization process.
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@article{arxiv.2011.12281,
title = {An optimized material removal process},
author = {Jean-François Molinari and Son Pham-Ba},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.12281},
year = {2020}
}
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7 pages