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In the present paper, the influence of sheet thickness, nozzle diameter, standoff distance, and traverse speed during abrasive water jet machining (AWJM) of transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) sheet steels on surface quality characteristics (kerf geometry and surface roughness) was investigated. The experiments were designed using Taguchi methodology and carried out by AWJ Machining TRIP 700 CR-FH and TRIP 800 HR-FH steel sheets. As response variables, mean kerf width and average surface roughness were selected. The experimental results were analyzed using analysis of means and analysis of variance methods in order to correlate the AWJM process parameters the response variables. In addition, regression models were obtained using the experimental results and validated with six independent experiments. The reported results indicate that the proposed methodology can satisfactorily analyze the surface roughness and the mean kerf in AWJM; moreover, it can be considered as valuable tools for process planning in workshop.
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Prof. G. Petropoulos passed away suddenly on 20 July 2010 during the review process of this manuscript. He is greatly missed by his colleagues and friends.
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Kechagias, J., Petropoulos, G. & Vaxevanidis, N. Application of Taguchi design for quality characterization of abrasive water jet machining of TRIP sheet steels. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 62, 635–643 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-011-3815-3
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