An investigation of surface texture parameters during turning of a reinforced polymer composite using design of experiments and analysis Online publication date: Mon, 14-Dec-2009
by John Kechagias, George Petropoulos, Vassilis Iakovakis, Stergios Maropoulos
International Journal of Experimental Design and Process Optimisation (IJEDPO), Vol. 1, No. 2/3, 2009
Abstract: The influence of cutting speed and feed rate during turning on the arithmetic mean roughness (Ra), the maximum peak to valley (Rt), and the fractal dimension (D) of a glass fibre polymer composite (Ertalon 66 GF-30) was experimentally investigated. Test specimens in the form of bars and a P20 cemented carbide cutting tool were used with the cutting depth kept constant during the experiment. Robust design using an orthogonal matrix experiment was conducted and the experimental results were analysed using an ANOM and an ANOVA analysis approach. Based on the statistical analysis of the experimental results it was found that the arithmetic mean roughness, the maximum peak to valley and the fractal dimension depend mainly on the feed rate parameter. Also, based on the interaction charts and evaluation experiments it was found that regression modelling applies only for the arithmetic mean roughness.
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Experimental Design and Process Optimisation (IJEDPO):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:
Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.
If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com
Our Blog 
Follow us on Twitter 
Visit us on Facebook