Multi-objective Optimization of Kerf-taper and Surface-roughness Quality Characteristics for Cutting-operation On Coir and Carbon Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Hybrid Polymeric Composites During CO2-Pulsed Laser-cutting Using RSM

Multi Objective Optimization of Cutting Parameters in Turning Operation to Reduce Surface Roughness and Cutting Forces

ANN modeling of kerf taper angle in CO2 laser cutting and optimization of cutting parameters using Monte Carlo method

Article history: Received June 6 2014 Received in Revised Format September 9 2014 Accepted September 15 2014 Available online September 22 2014 In this paper, an attempt has been made to develop a mathematical model in order to study the relationship between laser cutting parameters such as laser power, cutting speed, assist gas pressure and focus position, and kerf taper angle obtained in CO2 ...

Optimization of Laser Cutting Parameters on the Laminated Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) Composites Using DOE Technique

Nowadays, carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) composites is widely used in the aerospace industry due to its excellent mechanical properties. In laser cutting process, high powers are used to cut materials then material melts and burns leaving edges with a high quality finish. To fulfill the high demand of cutting quality, a set of laser cutting parameters of CFRP material are studied. The ...

Multi-objective Optimization of Hybrid Carbon/Glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composite Automotive Drive Shaft

In design and fabricate drive shafts with high value of fundamental natural frequency that represented high value of critical speed; using composite materials instead of typical metallic materials could provide longer length shafts with lighter weight. In this paper, multi-objective optimization (MOP) of a composite drive shaft is performed considering three conflicting objectives: fundamental ...

Application of Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Surface Roughness Optimization in Co2 Laser Cutting

In this paper, empirical modeling of surface roughness in CO2 laser cutting of stainless steel using was presented. Mathematical modeling was based on using feed forward neural network by exploiting experimental measurements obtained from the Taguchi’s L27 experimental design. The mathematical models of surface roughness was expressed as explicit nonlinear functions of the selected input parame...