Fig. 1. Schematic of fluid jet polishing

Fig. 2. Mesh division and surface boundary of simulation model

Fig. 3. Calculation results under 1.01 mPa·s polishing slurry viscosity and 30 m/s incident velocity conditions. (a) Velocity of liquid; (b) pathlines of abrasive particles

Fig. 4. Comparison of calculation results of DPM under different viscosity conditions. (a) Velocity distribution of abrasive particles; (b) angle distribution of abrasive particles

Fig. 5. Influence of the polishing slurry viscosity on the maximum impact velocity of abrasive particles

Fig. 6. Schematic (left) and labeled photo (right) of fluid jet polishing system

Fig. 7. Polishing spot under 1# polishing slurry with 30 m/s incident velocity

Fig. 8. Comparison between the material removal functions obtained by experiments and calculation under different polishing slurry viscosity conditions. (a) 1# polishing slurry; (b) 2# polishing slurry; (c) 3# polishing slurry; (d) 4# polishing slurry; (e) 5# polishing slurry

Fig. 9. Variation law of wear-particle proportion coefficient with viscosity change in material removal

Fig. 10. Variation law of characteristic quantity of removal function for different viscosities. (a) Maximum material removal depth; (b) distance between removal peaks

Fig. 11. Comparison of surface roughness of workpieces after uniform polishing using different polishing slurry viscosities. (a) 1# polishing slurry, Ra=7.778 nm; (b) 5# polishing slurry, Ra=1.445 nm

Fig. 12. Influence of slurry viscosity on the surface roughness of workpieces