Identification of preferred combination of factors in manufacturing bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites
The current study aims to identify the preferred combination of factors for manufacturing bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites based on epoxidised soybean oil (ESO), including material formulation and manufacturing parameters for maximising tensile strengths of nanocomposites according to Taguchi design of...
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| author | Salam, H. Dong, Yu Davies, I. Pramanik, Alokesh |
| author_facet | Salam, H. Dong, Yu Davies, I. Pramanik, Alokesh |
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| description | The current study aims to identify the preferred combination of factors for manufacturing bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites based on epoxidised soybean oil (ESO), including material formulation and manufacturing parameters for maximising tensile strengths of nanocomposites according to Taguchi design of experiments (DoEs). A Taguchi mixed-level DoEs with an L16 orthogonal array was selected. The response was set to achieve the maximum tensile strengths of nanocomposites with a preferred combination of factors determined by the Pareto analysis of variance (ANOVA). The associated results revealed that the ESO content was found to be the most significant factor with a contribution percentage of 66.63% amongst nine factors investigated. This result was followed by two less significant factors, namely mechanical mixing speed and clay content with contribution percentages of 19.09 and 7.01%, respectively. However, other factors of clay type, curing agent type, mechanical mixing temperature and time, as well as sonication frequency and time, were categorised as non-significant factors from the manufacturing and economical point of view. A confirmation test was conducted based on the preferred combination of factors showing good agreement with statistically predicted results. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-701952019-06-17T01:13:45Z Identification of preferred combination of factors in manufacturing bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites Salam, H. Dong, Yu Davies, I. Pramanik, Alokesh The current study aims to identify the preferred combination of factors for manufacturing bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites based on epoxidised soybean oil (ESO), including material formulation and manufacturing parameters for maximising tensile strengths of nanocomposites according to Taguchi design of experiments (DoEs). A Taguchi mixed-level DoEs with an L16 orthogonal array was selected. The response was set to achieve the maximum tensile strengths of nanocomposites with a preferred combination of factors determined by the Pareto analysis of variance (ANOVA). The associated results revealed that the ESO content was found to be the most significant factor with a contribution percentage of 66.63% amongst nine factors investigated. This result was followed by two less significant factors, namely mechanical mixing speed and clay content with contribution percentages of 19.09 and 7.01%, respectively. However, other factors of clay type, curing agent type, mechanical mixing temperature and time, as well as sonication frequency and time, were categorised as non-significant factors from the manufacturing and economical point of view. A confirmation test was conducted based on the preferred combination of factors showing good agreement with statistically predicted results. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70195 10.1080/09243046.2018.1480147 fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Salam, H. Dong, Yu Davies, I. Pramanik, Alokesh Identification of preferred combination of factors in manufacturing bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites |
| title | Identification of preferred combination of factors in manufacturing bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites |
| title_full | Identification of preferred combination of factors in manufacturing bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites |
| title_fullStr | Identification of preferred combination of factors in manufacturing bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identification of preferred combination of factors in manufacturing bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites |
| title_short | Identification of preferred combination of factors in manufacturing bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites |
| title_sort | identification of preferred combination of factors in manufacturing bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70195 |