Open AccessAbrasive Jet Machining Performance of Vegetable Fiber Polyester Composite and its Modelling
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.d1067.1284s419
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , composite number , machining , surface roughness , abrasive , surface finish , molding (decorative) , jet (fluid) , polyester , fiber , transfer molding , metallurgy , mold , physics , thermodynamics
In this research, exploration of Abrasive Water Jet Machining (AWJM) on polyester based Curaua/basalt hybrid composite was carried out. The composites were fabricated through resin transfer molding (RTM) at a ratio of 60-40 weight percentage of matrix and fiber respectively. Experimental runs were carried out based on L27 orthogonal array considering three parameters and three levels. Further, the effect of input parameter viz., water pressure, standoff distance and feed rate on the output responses viz., kerf angle (Ta) and surface roughness (Ra) were studied. From the investigation, it is observed that stand off distance contributes a maximum in determining the results of surface roughness and kerf angle