Optimizing flexible behaviour of bow prototype using Taguchi approach

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 622-630

  Laeng, J ^a   Khan, Zahid A ^b   Khu, S Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Flexible ABS bow and arrow; Fused deposition modeling; Rapid prototyping; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE; FLEXIBLE ABS; FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING; MAIN EFFECT ANALYSIS; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; PARAMETER COMBINATION; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE (S/N) RATIOS;

DEPOSITION; RAPID PROTOTYPING; STYRENE; TAGUCHI METHODS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33646264548     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.622.630     Document Type: Article

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