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

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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

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Abstract

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.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Recycled polypropylene; mechanical property; Taguchi method; analysis of variation; signal to noise ratio
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham Ningbo China > Faculty of Science and Engineering > Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Identification Number: 10.1016/j.procir.2016.11.137
Depositing User: QIU, Lulu
Date Deposited: 31 Jul 2018 09:45
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2018 09:45
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/53188

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