Modeling and analysis for surface roughness in machining glass fibre reinforced plastics using response surface methodology

Abstract Now a days glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) composite materials are a feasible alternative to engineering materials. They have excellent properties and are being extensively used in variety of engineering applications. However, the users of FRP are facing difficulties to machine it, because of its anistropic properties. In this paper, an attempt has been made to model the surface roughness through response surface method (RSM) in machining GFRP composites. Four factors five level central composite, rotatable design matrix is employed to carryout the experimental investigation. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is used to check the validity of the model. For finding the significant parameters student’s t -test is used. Also, an analysis of the influences of the entire individual input machining parameters on the response has been carried out and presented in this study.

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