Abstract
Abstract Natural fiber–reinforced polymer (NFRP) composites are increasingly considered in the industry for creating environmentally benign product alternatives. The complex structure of the fibers and their random distribution within the matrix basis impede the machinability of NFRP composites as well as the resulting product quality. This article investigates a smart process monitoring approach that employs acoustic emission (AE)—elastic waves sourced from various plastic deformation and fracture mechanisms—to characterize the variations in the NFRP machining process. The state-of-the-art analytic tools are incapable of handling the transient dynamic patterns with long-term correlations and bursts in AE and how process conditions and the underlying material removal mechanisms affect these patterns. To address this gap, we investigated two types of the bidirectional gated recurrent deep learning neural network (BD-GRNN) models, viz., bidirectional long short-term memory and bidirectional gated recurrent unit to predict the process conditions based on dynamic AE patterns. The models are tested on the AE signals gathered from orthogonal cutting experiments on NFRP samples performed at six different cutting speeds and three fiber orientations. The results from the experimental study suggest that BD-GRNNs can correctly predict (around 87 % accuracy) the cutting conditions based on the extracted temporal-spectral features of AE signals.
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