Improving mechanical properties of recycled polypropylene-based composites using TAGuchi and ANOVA techniques

This study was aimed at optimising the composition of recycled plastic based composite for improving mechanical performance. The fractions of virgin polypropylene (vPP), talcum powder (talc) and maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) were selected as controllable factors. Taguchi L9 (33) orth...

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Main Authors: Zheng, Yitao, Gu, Fu, Ren, Yanru, Hall, Philip, Miles, Nicholas J.
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author Zheng, Yitao
Gu, Fu
Ren, Yanru
Hall, Philip
Miles, Nicholas J.
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Hall, Philip
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description This study was aimed at optimising the composition of recycled plastic based composite for improving mechanical performance. The fractions of virgin polypropylene (vPP), talcum powder (talc) and maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) were selected as controllable factors. Taguchi L9 (33) orthogonal array (OA) was applied as an experimental design tool. Compositions were prepared by extrusion and injection moulding. The performance was measured and expressed in signal to noise (S/N) ratio. The S/N ratios were investigated by the Taguchi coupled analysis of variance (ANOVA) to determine optimal condition. The effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed approach was demonstrated through confirmation tests.
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spelling nottingham-531882018-07-31T09:45:50Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53188/ Improving mechanical properties of recycled polypropylene-based composites using TAGuchi and ANOVA techniques Zheng, Yitao Gu, Fu Ren, Yanru Hall, Philip Miles, Nicholas J. This study was aimed at optimising the composition of recycled plastic based composite for improving mechanical performance. The fractions of virgin polypropylene (vPP), talcum powder (talc) and maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) were selected as controllable factors. Taguchi L9 (33) orthogonal array (OA) was applied as an experimental design tool. Compositions were prepared by extrusion and injection moulding. The performance was measured and expressed in signal to noise (S/N) ratio. The S/N ratios were investigated by the Taguchi coupled analysis of variance (ANOVA) to determine optimal condition. The effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed approach was demonstrated through confirmation tests. Elsevier 2017-04-19 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53188/1/5.pdf Zheng, Yitao, Gu, Fu, Ren, Yanru, Hall, Philip and Miles, Nicholas J. (2017) Improving mechanical properties of recycled polypropylene-based composites using TAGuchi and ANOVA techniques. Procedia CIRP, 61 . pp. 287-292. ISSN 2212-8271 Recycled polypropylene; mechanical property; Taguchi method; analysis of variation; signal to noise ratio https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212827116312975 doi:10.1016/j.procir.2016.11.137 doi:10.1016/j.procir.2016.11.137
spellingShingle Recycled polypropylene; mechanical property; Taguchi method; analysis of variation; signal to noise ratio
Zheng, Yitao
Gu, Fu
Ren, Yanru
Hall, Philip
Miles, Nicholas J.
Improving mechanical properties of recycled polypropylene-based composites using TAGuchi and ANOVA techniques
title Improving mechanical properties of recycled polypropylene-based composites using TAGuchi and ANOVA techniques
title_full Improving mechanical properties of recycled polypropylene-based composites using TAGuchi and ANOVA techniques
title_fullStr Improving mechanical properties of recycled polypropylene-based composites using TAGuchi and ANOVA techniques
title_full_unstemmed Improving mechanical properties of recycled polypropylene-based composites using TAGuchi and ANOVA techniques
title_short Improving mechanical properties of recycled polypropylene-based composites using TAGuchi and ANOVA techniques
title_sort improving mechanical properties of recycled polypropylene-based composites using taguchi and anova techniques
topic Recycled polypropylene; mechanical property; Taguchi method; analysis of variation; signal to noise ratio
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