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Influence of Abrasive Water Jet Machining Parameters on Hybrid Polymer Composite

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In this current research study, the holes are drilled in the hybrid composite reinforced with Ni–P-coated glass fiber (GF) and Al2O3 nanowires via abrasive water jet (AWJ) machining process. The input process parameters such as jet pressure, traverse speed, and concentration of abrasive on the delamination characteristic both at the inlet and at the exit sides of the drilled holes are investigated and optimized for the minimum delamination and fiber pullouts. The experiments are conducted using Taguchi’s L25 orthogonal arrays, and the input process parameters are optimized for lesser delamination at both sides together by grey relational analysis. From the experimental results, it is clear that the abrasive flow rate has significantly effect on the delamination characteristics followed by abrasive water jet pressure and the traverse speed. Grey relational technique is used for optimizing multiple responses (delamination at the inlet and exit) simultaneously. The morphological analysis was been carried out using scanning electron microscope (SEM) to determine the wall quality of the drilled holes. From the experimental analysis, it was found that the machined surfaces were free from delamination to an extent at optimized conditions (the mass flow rate of 350 gm/min, jet pressure of 3000 Bar and traverse speed of 800 mm/min, respectively), which leads to minimal delamination both at the entry and at exit side of the machined hole as compared with the holes drilled by conventional machining process.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

    G. Anand

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, SA Engineering College, Chennai, India

    S. Vishwanath Perumal

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, VelTech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India

    N. Yuvaraj

  4. Sri Sairam Institute of Technology, Sai Leo Nagar, Chennai, India

    K. Palanikumar

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Anand, G., Perumal, S.V., Yuvaraj, N. et al. Influence of Abrasive Water Jet Machining Parameters on Hybrid Polymer Composite. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. C 102, 713–722 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-021-00672-0

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