Evaluation and Optimization of Erosion Parameters’ Effects on Polymeric Glasses Using Taguchi Method

In this paper, parameters that effectively contribute to glass surface degradation from sandblasting erosion processes are investigated and optimized on the basis of the method of Taguchi. The polystyrene glass used in this work has been eroded taking into account the projected sand mass, the partic...

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Published inJournal of materials engineering and performance Vol. 33; no. 19; pp. 10455 - 10463
Main Authors Benterki, Smail, Faci, Abdelaziz, Barka, Brahim, Rouabah, Farid
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.10.2024
Subjects
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry and Materials Science
Corrosion and Coatings
Engineering Design
Materials Science
Original Research Article
Quality Control
Reliability
Safety and Risk
Tribology
erosion
ANOVA
optical transmission
surface roughness
organic glass
Taguchi method
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Summary:In this paper, parameters that effectively contribute to glass surface degradation from sandblasting erosion processes are investigated and optimized on the basis of the method of Taguchi. The polystyrene glass used in this work has been eroded taking into account the projected sand mass, the particles’ grain size and the velocity as the main influencing parameters by looking at specimens’ surface roughness (SR) and optical transmission (OT). Taguchi’s Design L9 orthogonal array of experiments has been implemented in order to obtaining the best combination among these parameters. The significant parameters affecting the responses have been determined on the basis of variance analysis. These have revealed that the particles’ size and velocity are the most effective parameters on the responses OT and SR of the degraded surface with 92 and 56% contribution, respectively. These optimized influential parameters’ combinations have revealed severe eroding processes occurring to the polystyrene glass surface as confirmed by the optical micrographs.
ISSN:1059-9495
1544-1024
DOI:10.1007/s11665-023-08668-w