Integration of fuzzy AHP and fuzzy TOPSIS methods for wire electric discharge machining of titanium (Ti6Al4V) alloy using RSM

Kishan Fuse, Arrown Dalsaniya, Dhananj Modi, Jay Vora, Danil Yurievich Pimenov, Khaled Giasin, Parth Prajapati, Rakesh Chaudhari, Szymon Wojciechowski

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    Abstract

    Titanium and its alloys exhibit numerous uses in aerospace, automobile, biomedical and marine industries because of their enhanced mechanical properties. However, the machinability of titanium alloys can be cumbersome due to their lower density, high hardness, low thermal conductivity, and low elastic modulus. The wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) process is an effective choice for machining titanium and its alloys due to its unique machining characteristics. The present work proposes multi-objective optimization of WEDM on Ti6Al4V alloy using a fuzzy integrated multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach. The use of MCDM has become an active area of research due to its proven ability to solve complex problems. The novelty of the present work is to use integrated fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and fuzzy technique for order preference by similarity to ideal situation (TOPSIS) to optimize the WEDM process. The experiments were systematically conducted adapting the face-centered central composite design approach of response surface methodology. Three independent factors—pulse-on time (Ton), pulse-off time (Toff), and current—were chosen, each having three levels to monitor the process response in terms of cutting speed (VC), material removal rate (MRR), and surface roughness (SR). To assess the relevance and significance of the models, an analysis of variance was carried out. The optimal process parameters after integrating fuzzy AHP coupled with fuzzy TOPSIS approach found were Ton = 40 µs, Toff = 15 µs, and current = 2A.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number7408
    Number of pages23
    JournalMaterials
    Volume14
    Issue number23
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 3 Dec 2021

    Keywords

    • wire electric discharge machining (WEDM)
    • analytical hierarchy process (AHP)
    • TOPSIS
    • response surface methodology (RSM)
    • optimization

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