Investigation on glass/epoxy composite surfaces machined by abrasive water jet machining

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 122-128

  Azmir, M A ^a   Ahsan, A K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

AWJM; Glass fibre composite; Linear regression; Taguchi's method

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESINS; GLASS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MACHINING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TAGUCHI METHODS;

ABRASIVE WATER JET MACHINING; GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES; PROCESS PARAMETERS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 37349103109     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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