Title: An application of the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for prediction of surface roughness in turning

Authors: Shibendu Shekhar Roy

Addresses: Machine Design and Development Group, Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, M.G. Avenue, Durgapur-713209, West Bengal, India

Abstract: Surface roughness is an important parameter in manufacturing engineering. This paper proposes a method using an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) to establish the relation between cutting parameters and surface roughness in turning, and consequently to predict surface roughness of the work piece using input cutting parameters, namely cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut. Three different Membership Functions (MF) (i.e., triangular, trapezoidal and bell-shaped) were adopted during the training process of ANFIS in order to compare the prediction accuracy of surface roughness. The comparison indicates that the bell-shaped MF in ANFIS achieves slightly higher prediction accuracy than other MF.

Keywords: surface roughness; adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems; ANFIS; turning; neural networks; fuzzy logic; cutting speed; feed rate; depth of cut; prediction accuracy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2007.014561

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 2007 Vol.28 No.4, pp.281 - 288

Published online: 16 Jul 2007 *

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