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Debris accumulation in the bottom and side gap leads to a poor machining stability and low machining efficiency of electrical discharge machining (EDM). Thus, an understanding on the mechanisms of debris distribution and exclusion of flow field in the discharge gap during EDM process should be investigated. However, these mechanisms have not been fully understood because debris distribution and exclusion process in the bottom and side gap is difficult to simulate and observe. This paper suggests a two-dimensional model of flow field with kerosene and debris phases for the bottom and side gap in ultrasonic assisted EDM process by computational fluid dynamics. The mechanism of debris distribution and exclusion in the discharge gap during ultrasonic vibration cycle was researched through the model. The effect of amplitude and frequency of ultrasonic vibration of the tool on debris distribution and exclusion during electrical discharge machining of whole array was investigated through numerical simulation. It is shown that ultrasonic vibration of the tool has significantly influence on the debris exclusion from discharge gap. In addition, the debris distribution and exclusion becomes strong with the increase of the amplitude and frequency of ultrasonic vibration of the tool.