Influence of reduced graphene oxide addition on kerf width in abrasive water jet machining of nanofiller added epoxy-glass fibre composite

PLoS One. 2022 Aug 16;17(8):e0270505. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270505. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

The present study aims to develop a novel hybrid polymer composite with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) as filler and optimize its Abrasive Water Jet Machining (AWJM) parameters for reduced kerf width. The influence of rGO addition on kerf width is analysed in detail along with Pump pressure (bar), Transverse speed (mm/min) and Standoff distance(mm). The experiments are designed based on Taguchi's orthogonal array techniques in which L27 is adopted for three input parameters at three levels. The influence of each factor is used to identify the significance of selected parameters over kerf width, and it was found that stand of distance has a major effect over kerf width irrespective of rGO %. The addition of rGO filler has a significant effect on kerf width, which decreases with the addition of rGO up to 0.2% and kerf width increases for further addition of rGO.

MeSH terms

  • Epoxy Resins
  • Glass
  • Graphite*
  • Water*

Substances

  • Epoxy Resins
  • fiberglass
  • graphene oxide
  • Water
  • Graphite

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.