Machining of Hybrid Composite Materials

Mecanizado de materiales compuestos híbridos

M. Rodriguez

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Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade do Porto

, M. Freitas

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Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade do Porto

, A. Marques

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Contact: marques@fe.up.pt
Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade do Porto; Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI)

, A. Jesus

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Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade do Porto; Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI)

, S. Villa

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Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI)

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M. Rodriguez

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Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade do Porto

, M. Freitas

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Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade do Porto

, A. Marques

, A. Jesus

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Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade do Porto; Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI)

, S. Villa

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Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI)

Abstract

Composite materials have been having an increasing importance in the industry. Their high specific properties and their high flexibility that allows tailoring materials that suit the needs of practically every project, have been leading to a growth in the demand of this kind of materials. Fiber-Metal Laminates have an established usage on the aeronautic industry and lately have been subject of research by the automotive industry.

Since composite manufacturing methods allow the obtention of components with their final geometry, drilling is the most used machining operation in the machining of composites. Drilling of composites is very demanding from the tools point of view, with very high wear rates and several defects can occur to the workpiece like delamination, fiber pull-outs, burrs and matrix degradation. When combined with a metal, additional challenges appear in drilling these materials such as loads of different magnitudes during a single operation and surface defects on the interface because of chip removal. Orbital drilling is seen as a promising alternative to conventional drilling, presenting several advantages that result in holes with higher quality.

Given the interest the automotive industry has been showing in fiber-metal laminates constituted by steel and carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) and due to the lack of information regarding drilling of this combination of materials, the aim of this work was to evaluate the influence of the machining parameters in the quality of holes obtained by orbital drilling. A full factorial design of experiments was done and the influence of the parameters was then evaluated by means of an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).

Keywords:

Orbital drilling
Steel/CFRP hybrid
Dimensional precission
Composite material
Design of experiments
Furación orbital
Híbrido acero/CFRP
Precision dimensional
Materiales compuestos
Diseño de experimentos

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M. Rodriguez, M. Freitas, A. Marques, A. Jesus and S. Villa, Machining of Hybrid Composite Materials, Materiales Compuestos (2025). Vol. 08 - COMUNICACIONES MATCOMP21 (2022) Y MATCOMP23 (2023), (Núm. 8 - Fabricación y Aplicaciones Industriales - Materiales y Estructuras - Modelos Numéricos), 32 URL https://www.scipedia.com/public/Rodriguez_et_al_2024c

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Published on 30/04/25
Accepted on 17/12/24
Submitted on 02/05/22

Volume 08 - COMUNICACIONES MATCOMP21 (2022) Y MATCOMP23 (2023), Issue Núm. 8 - Fabricación y Aplicaciones Industriales - Materiales y Estructuras - Modelos Numéricos, 2025
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