A soft computing approach for controlling the quality of cut with abrasive waterjet cutting system experiencing orifice and focusing tube wear

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 185, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 217-227

  Rozario Jegaraj, J John ^a   Ramesh Babu, N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Abrasive waterjet cutting; Analysis of variance; Empirical model; Focusing tube wear; Neuro fuzzy model; Orifice wear; Taguchi's design of experiments

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; GRINDING (MACHINING); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ABRASIVE WATERJET CUTTING SYSTEM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); FUZZY MODELS; PROCESS PARAMETERS;

CUTTING TOOLS;

EID: 33847155415     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.03.124     Document Type: Article

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