Analysis on drilling of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites using grey relational analysis

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-305

  Palanikumar, K ^a   Latha, B ^b   Senthilkumar, V S ^c   Davim, J Paulo ^d  

^a SRI SAIRAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b SRI SAIRAM ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^c ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Drilling; Force; GFRP; Optimization; Roughness

Indexed keywords

3 LEVELS; DRILLING PARAMETERS; ENGINEERING MATERIALS; FORCE; GFRP; GFRP COMPOSITES; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER; GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; GREY RELATIONAL GRADE; MACHINING PERFORMANCE; MACHINING PROCESS; OPTIMAL MACHINING PARAMETERS; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY; TAGUCHI; THRUST FORCES;

DRILLING; MACHINING CENTERS; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 84859623724     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426914.2011.577865     Document Type: Article

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