Machinability study of glass fibre-reinforced polymer composites during end milling

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 247-261

  Azmi, A I ^a   Lin, R J T ^a   Bhattacharyya, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Design of experiments; End milling machinability; GFRP composites; Multiple regression analysis; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

CALCULATED VALUES; DEPTH OF CUT; DIMENSIONAL TOLERANCE; END MILLING; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FEED-RATES; FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS; FIBRE-REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; GEOMETRICAL SHAPES; GFRP COMPOSITES; INDUSTRIAL USE; MACHINABILITY EVALUATION; MACHINING CONDITIONS; MACHINING FORCE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARAMETRIC RELATIONSHIPS; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SPINDLE SPEED; TAGUCHI ANALYSIS; TAGUCHI DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT; TOOL LIFE; VALIDATION TEST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); BRIDGE DECKS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS FIBERS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TAGUCHI METHODS;

MILLING (MACHINING);

EID: 84872494419     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-012-4006-6     Document Type: Article

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