TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental study on drilling of jute fiber reinforced polymer composites
AU - Rezghi Maleki, Hadi
AU - Hamedi, Mohsen
AU - Kubouchi, Masatoshi
AU - Arao, Yoshihiko
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to appreciate the assistance of Tokura and Hirata lab at Tokyo Institute of Technology during the research. Furthermore, the first author gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the late Prof. MK Besharati Givi to this research as the former PhD supervisor.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2019/2/1
Y1 - 2019/2/1
N2 - The use of natural fiber composites is growing at a fast rate in terms of industrial applications due to their eco-friendly, recyclable, renewable nature, and low density/costs. Recently, jute fiber is being used as a reinforcement material in the development of natural fiber reinforced plastics for engineering applications. Drilling is an essential machining operation that is frequently performed for making of holes in composite structures to facilitate assembly of several components into a complex part. The literature reviews indicate that only a few of research articles investigated drilling of natural fiber reinforced composites. Hence, in the present research, drilling of woven jute fiber reinforced polymer composites has been examined. This study aimed at evaluation of cutting parameters and drill bit types effect on thrust force, delamination size, and surface roughness in the jute fiber reinforced polymer composites drilling using an experimental design based on full factorial technique. The percentage contribution of the cutting parameters and drill bit types were determined through the analysis of variance. The optimal setting of these parameters was found through observation. The experimental results indicated that the most significant effect was the drill bit type influencing both delamination factor and surface roughness.
AB - The use of natural fiber composites is growing at a fast rate in terms of industrial applications due to their eco-friendly, recyclable, renewable nature, and low density/costs. Recently, jute fiber is being used as a reinforcement material in the development of natural fiber reinforced plastics for engineering applications. Drilling is an essential machining operation that is frequently performed for making of holes in composite structures to facilitate assembly of several components into a complex part. The literature reviews indicate that only a few of research articles investigated drilling of natural fiber reinforced composites. Hence, in the present research, drilling of woven jute fiber reinforced polymer composites has been examined. This study aimed at evaluation of cutting parameters and drill bit types effect on thrust force, delamination size, and surface roughness in the jute fiber reinforced polymer composites drilling using an experimental design based on full factorial technique. The percentage contribution of the cutting parameters and drill bit types were determined through the analysis of variance. The optimal setting of these parameters was found through observation. The experimental results indicated that the most significant effect was the drill bit type influencing both delamination factor and surface roughness.
KW - Jute fiber reinforced polymer composites
KW - analysis of variance
KW - delamination
KW - drilling
KW - surface roughness
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U2 - 10.1177/0021998318782376
DO - 10.1177/0021998318782376
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049087301
SN - 0021-9983
VL - 53
SP - 283
EP - 295
JO - Journal of Composite Materials
JF - Journal of Composite Materials
IS - 3
ER -
