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Numerical Study of Wear Characteristics of Vertical Shaft Planetary Mixer Blades
Shoubo Jiang1, Hongwei Zhang1, Qingliang Zeng1
1College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China.
Abstract:
The wear failure of vertical shaft planetary mixer blades under complex working conditions directly affects the quality and productivity of concrete. Given that it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to obtain the wear characteristics of mixer blades by experimental methods, this study used numerical simulation to analyze the effects of different factors on the wear characteristics of mixer blades based on the Hertz-Mindlin with JKR cohesive contact model and the Archard wear model. The results of this study show that under the influence of different factors, the blade is subjected to tangential cumulative contact energy and contact force is significantly larger than that in the normal direction, the wear of the blade is judged to be the form of abrasive wear accompanied by impacts, and the wear on the outer middle and lower edge regions of the blade is the most serious. Specifically, for every 5 rpm increase in mixing speed, the blade wear rate increases by 24.14% on average; for every 5° increase in blade angle, the blade wear rate decreases by 2.9% on average; for every 10% increase in the mass ratio of stone aggregate, the blade wear rate increases by 5.95% on average; conical aggregates have the most serious effect on blade wear, while spherical aggregates have the most minor effect. This study provides the theoretical basis and numerical support for understanding the reasons for blade wear loss and enhancing the service life of mixer blades.
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