Optimization of drilling parameters on carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites using fuzzy logic

The research and market attention towards advanced carbon fiber based composites are very significant in recent days because of their very good mechanical properties and are widely used in applications include automotive, aerospace, and construction industries, etc. The drilling experiments are conducted using Taguchi L-9 orthogonal array in the design of experiments. In the present work fuzzy logic is used in determining the performance characteristics like thrust force, torque and de-lamination factor in drilling of CFRP composite. Good agreement is observed between fuzzy results and the experimental values. The ANOVA analysis is carried out to find out parameter significant during drilling CFRP composite. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.