Experimental Analysis and Statistical Prediction of Tissue Temperature in High-Speed Cortical Bone Drilling Process

Subject Areas : Mechanical Engineering

Mehdi Safari ¹ , Vahid Tahmasbi ² , Jalal Joudaki ³ , Mojtaba Zolfaghari ⁴

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Received: 2024-12-12 Accepted : 2025-03-12 Published : 2025-06-22

Keywords: Feed Rate, High-Speed Bone Drilling Process, Response Surface Methodology, Rotational Speed, Tissue Temperature,

Abstract :

The drilling process in surgery is used for joining the pins and prostheses to the human body.  Proper drilling can improve the strength of the joint. In this article, the drilling of cortical bone is experimentally investigated at high-speed ranges. For this purpose, the effects of input process variables, including the rotational speed, feed rate, and drill diameter, on the maximum temperature of bone tissue are studied. The response surface methodology (RSM) method is employed for designing the experiments (15 experiments). The results show that the temperature of the tissue first decreases until it reaches a minimum value by increasing the rotational speed, and then the temperature of the tissue begins to increase with the further increase of the rotational speed. Also, the maximum value of tissue temperature was reduced by increasing the feed rate of the tool in the drilling process. In addition, with an increase in the drill diameter, the maximum temperature of the tissue is reduced. The temperature of the bone tissue is predicted using a regression equation as a function of process variables.

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