Abstract
Abrasive water jet machining possesses inherent technological and manufacturing advantages unmatched by most machine tools. They are generally used in automotive, marine and aerospace industries for machining of composites. However, abrasive water jet cutting of GFRP laminates possesses several challenges, such as surface finish and delamination of the cutspecimen. Henceforth, more experimental work is needed to provide sufficient machinability databases for manufacturing industries. This paper presents an experimental study for cutting GFRP laminates. Different AWJM conditions including pressure, traverse speed and abrasive flow rate are analyzed using full factorial design of experiments. Machining process responses such as surface roughness (Ra), top and bottom kerf width, kerf taper, delamination of fibers have been evaluated using analysis of variance (ANOVA) technique. The optimum process parameters for AWJM of glass fiber reinforced polymers have beensuggested.
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