Process Parameter Optimization for Abrasive Water Jet Machining of Titanium Alloy Using Meta-Heuristic Algorithms

Recently, the trend of optimization algorithms for improvements of surface quality and productivity characteristics in abrasive water jet machining of titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V alloy) has become increasingly more widespread in various industrial sectors i.e., aircraft and automobile Industries. Here, the present research attempts to select the ideal or best AWJM process parameters by implementing the well known meta-heuristic algorithm i.e., Teacher learning based optimization method (TLBO). The AWJM experiments as per the Taguchi L9 orthogonal array were performed on Ti 6Al-4V titanium alloy by considering jet transverse speed, stand-off distance and abrasive flow as the input parameters. Then, the influence of process parameters on surface roughness and material removal rate has been performed by means plot and ANOVA analysis. After that, the results are optimized with the TLBO method. The overall results indicate that the TLBO method is an efficient method used to find the optimal results with very short interval of time i.e., within 3 sec.

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Investigation on the Influence of Process Parameters on Surface Roughness and Kerf Properties in Abrasive Water Jet Machining of Carbon Fibre Vinyl Ester Composite

Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering - Advances in Unconventional Machining and Composites ◽

10.1007/978-981-32-9471-4_52 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 631-639

Author(s):

Bhavik Tank ◽

Shailendra Kumar

Keyword(s):

Surface Roughness ◽

Carbon Fibre ◽

Process Parameters ◽

Vinyl Ester ◽

Water Jet ◽

Abrasive Water Jet ◽

Influence Of Process Parameters ◽

Abrasive Water Jet Machining

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Effect of abrasive water jet turning process parameters on surface roughness and material removal rate of AISI 1050 steel

Materials Testing ◽

10.3139/120.110777 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 57 (9) ◽

pp. 773-782 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Fuat Kartal ◽

Hasan Gökkaya

Keyword(s):

Surface Roughness ◽

Process Parameters ◽

Material Removal Rate ◽

Material Removal ◽

Removal Rate ◽

Water Jet ◽

Abrasive Water Jet ◽

Turning Process

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Study on carbon epoxy composite surfaces machined by abrasive water jet machining

Journal of Composite Materials ◽

10.1177/0021998318807278 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 53 (20) ◽

pp. 2909-2924 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Ajit Dhanawade ◽

Shailendra Kumar

Keyword(s):

Surface Roughness ◽

Composite Material ◽

Process Parameters ◽

Surface Finish ◽

Epoxy Composite ◽

Water Jet ◽

Machining Parameters ◽

Abrasive Water Jet ◽

Abrasive Water Jet Machining ◽

Pull Out

Traditional machining of carbon epoxy composite material is difficult due to excessive tool wear, excessive stresses and heat generation, delamination, high surface waviness, etc. In the present paper, research work involved in the experimental study of abrasive water jet machining of carbon epoxy composite material is described. The aim of present work is to improve surface finish and studying defects in machined samples. Taguchi's orthogonal array approach is used to design experiments. Process parameters namely hydraulic pressure, traverse rate, stand-off distance and abrasive mass flow rate are considered for this study. Analysis of machined surfaces and kerf quality is carried out using scanning electron microscope to evaluate microscopic features. Further, the effect of machining parameters on surface roughness is investigated using analysis of variance approach. It is found that traverse rate and pressure are most significant parameters to control surface roughness. Optimization of process parameters is performed using grey relational analysis. Thereafter, confirmation tests are carried out to verify the improvement in the surface quality with optimum set of process parameters. It is found that surface finish of machined samples is improved by 10.75% with optimum levels of process parameters. Defects like delamination, fiber pull-out and abrasive embedment are also studied using SEM. It is observed that delamination and fiber pull-out are prominent in samples machined at low pressure and high traverse rate.

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A Study on Erosion of Alumina Wafer in Abrasive Water Jet Machining

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1017.228 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 1017 ◽

pp. 228-233 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yong Wang ◽

Hong Tao Zhu ◽

Chuan Zhen Huang ◽

Jun Wang ◽

Peng Yao ◽

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Keyword(s):

Process Parameters ◽

Water Pressure ◽

Abrasive Particle ◽

Particle Diameter ◽

Water Jet ◽

Abrasive Waterjet ◽

Abrasive Water Jet ◽

Alumina Ceramics ◽

Abrasive Water Jet Machining ◽

Jet Impact

Abrasive water jet machining is considered as a promising technique in hard and brittle material processing. This paper studies the erosion performance of the alumina ceramics in the different process parameters. In the erosion experiments, alumina ceramics wafers were eroded by the abrasive waterjet machining. The single factor experiments were carried out to understand the effect of different process parameters (jet impact angle, standoff distance, water pressure, abrasive particle diameter) on the material removal rate (MRR), the removal depth and surface roughness (Ra). The experimental results can provide guidance for alumina ceramics abrasive water jet cutting and polishing.

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