Abstract: The present investigation focuses on the parametric influence of machining parameters on the surface finish obtained in turning of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites. The experiments were conducted based on Taguchi's experimental design technique. Response surface methodology and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to evaluate the composite machining process to perform the optimization. The results revealed that the feed rate was main influencing parameter on the surface roughness. The surface roughness increased with increasing the feed rate but decreased with increasing the cutting speed. Among the other parameters, depth of cut was more insensitive. The predicted values and measured values were fairly close to each other, which indicates that the developed model can be effectively used to predict the surface roughness on the machining of GFRP composites with 95% confidence intervals. Using such model could remarkablely save the time and cost.

Key words: Orthogonal arrays, GFRP composites, Surface finish, Response surface method, Optimization