Research Article
Optimization on Tribological Behaviour of AA7178/Nano Titanium Diboride Hybrid Composites Employing Taguchi Techniques
Table 5
Taguchi orthogonal array for AAT6 hybrid composite (
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| Exp. no. | Wear load (N) | Sliding velocity (m/s) | Sliding distance (m) | Wear rate (mm3/m) | S/N ratio (db) | CoF | S/N ratio (db) |
| 1 | 10 | 1 | 750 | 0.00356 | 48.785 | 0.412 | 8.6547 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1500 | 0.00399 | 47.809 | 0.379 | 9.5202 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2250 | 0.00395 | 46.853 | 0.341 | 10.4722 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 750 | 0.00391 | 51.070 | 0.321 | 11.5194 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1500 | 0.00387 | 50.049 | 0.301 | 10.3675 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2250 | 0.00383 | 49.048 | 0.283 | 10.6626 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 750 | 0.00379 | 48.557 | 0.312 | 11.7288 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1500 | 0.00376 | 47.586 | 0.343 | 11.8650 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2250 | 0.00372 | 46.634 | 0.377 | 11.6116 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 750 | 0.00280 | 50.983 | 0.314 | 11.9421 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 1500 | 0.00322 | 49.963 | 0.295 | 9.4920 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 2250 | 0.00319 | 48.964 | 0.278 | 10.4504 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 750 | 0.00316 | 47.985 | 0.396 | 10.6285 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 1500 | 0.00312 | 47.025 | 0.330 | 10.4412 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 2250 | 0.00309 | 49.376 | 0.301 | 9.9279 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 750 | 0.00306 | 51.845 | 0.283 | 10.7479 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 1500 | 0.00303 | 46.661 | 0.404 | 10.6785 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 2250 | 0.00243 | 52.260 | 0.264 | 12.5392 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 750 | 0.00263 | 51.025 | 0.384 | 11.2717 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 1500 | 0.00289 | 45.923 | 0.290 | 11.4972 | 21 | 30 | 1 | 2250 | 0.00318 | 41.331 | 0.345 | 11.7271 | 22 | 30 | 2 | 750 | 0.00314 | 45.464 | 0.269 | 11.9617 | 23 | 30 | 2 | 1500 | 0.00311 | 50.010 | 0.296 | 12.2009 | 24 | 30 | 2 | 2250 | 0.00308 | 45.009 | 0.326 | 10.3708 | 25 | 30 | 3 | 750 | 0.00305 | 49.510 | 0.290 | 9.3337 | 26 | 30 | 3 | 1500 | 0.00302 | 47.034 | 0.319 | 10.1674 | 27 | 30 | 3 | 2250 | 0.00299 | 39.979 | 0.284 | 10.3708 |
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