Abstract Nature is replete with fascinating landscapes sculpted through interactions with moving fluids. Drawing inspiration from such, this research investigated intriguing mechanisms underlying the novel application of abrasive non-Newtonian media for rounding sharp edges of cutting tools. Through appropriate deformation, these media may be forced to correspond to rapid and reversible variations in viscosity that span several orders of magnitude, which render them particularly suited to this application. The innovative process is demonstrated to be uniquely capable of honing tools of a complex macrogeometry, generating edges that are symmetric/asymmetric and those that comprise a gradient in microgeometry along the edge length.

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使用剪切干扰研磨介质进行刀具边缘珩磨

摘要 大自然充满了通过与流动流体相互作用而雕刻出的迷人景观。从中汲取灵感，这项研究调查了磨料非牛顿介质在切削刀具锋利边缘的圆角方面的新应用背后的有趣机制。通过适当的变形，这些介质可能被迫对应于跨越几个数量级的快速和可逆的粘度变化，这使得它们特别适合这种应用。该创新工艺被证明具有独特的能力，能够珩磨复杂宏观几何形状的工具，生成对称/不对称的边缘以及沿边缘长度包含微观几何梯度的边缘。