Thermoplastic Polymer Selection for Optimal Thermal Efficiency of Composite Syrup Vessel

Abstract:

Material selection is one of the vital and critical steps in the mechanical design process. In recent times, various tools based on the multi-criteria decision-making process are used successfully to cope with such complexity in material selection. .This work provides appropriate methods and tools to find the optimum thermoplastic polymer reinforced natural fiber composites. The material selection applied using a decision-making model that consists of the „Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution“ (TOPSIS) and „Vlsekriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje“ (VIKOR) methods in order to rank of the materials according to applied criteria. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method was performed in order to determine the weighting of the material properties or criteria. Rank the materials were gained by using ranking scores as results of the methods use. The results offer that the best polymers were found to be the LDPE and Nylon 6,6. It was proved that the multi-criteria decision-making model is an application for solving complex material choice decision problems. This model can be applied to other engineering applications with any number of alternatives and criteria for material selection.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1021)
• Pages: 35-44
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1021.35
• Online since: February 2021
• Authors: Mohaiman J. Sharba*, Mohammed J. Al-Mostaaf
• Keywords: AHP, Mechanical Properties, Polymer, Thermoplastic, TOPSIS, VIKOR

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