PROCESS PARAMETER AND OPTIMIZATION OF NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES BY USING TAGUCHI GREY RELATIONAL METHOD

In recent times, environmental protection has become a crucial consideration in the development of engineeringapplications. Numerous composite materials have been introduced across agricultural, forestry, and energysectors as effective alternatives to conventional materials. This research focuses on the fabrication of acomposite material in which epoxy resin serves as the matrix. Glass fibres are employed as the reinforcing phaseto produce a hybrid epoxy-based composite. The epoxy resin used in this investigation is LB011 (Lapox B_11),while Triethylenetetramine (TETA) is utilized as the curing agent. Composite laminates are fabricated withdifferent weight percentages of glass fibres and subsequently evaluated for their mechanical characteristics. Thelaminate exhibiting the highest tensile strength is selected for further analysis of its machining behavior.Optimization of machining parameters is performed using Desirability Function Analysis (DFA), a robust andeffective technique for solving problems.