Open AccessExamination of Surface Roughness on Abrasive Water Jet Machining of Carbon Epoxy Composite
Author(s) -
M. Uthayakumar,
S. Vigneshwaran,
K. Shankar,
Balasubramani Ravindran,
Ragavendran Venkatesan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of innovative technology and exploring engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2278-3075
DOI - 10.35940/ijitee.b1062.1292s219
Subject(s) - machining , materials science , surface roughness , composite material , abrasive , composite number , taguchi methods , surface finish , orthogonal array , epoxy , jet (fluid) , carbon fibers , metallurgy , engineering , aerospace engineering
The main aim of this investigation is to study the surface roughness produced on abrasive water jet machining of the twill weaved carbon fibre reinforced epoxy composite. Abrasive water jet machining experiment was conducted as per L9 orthogonal array, by varying water pressure, transverse speed and SOD. The performance of the composite was analysed by measuring the surface roughness. Using Taguchi analysis, the influences of input parameter over the output response was analysed. It was found that the surface roughness is highly influenced by the transverse speed.