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The paper focuses on the cutting behavior of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composites and GNP–GFRP composites that contain varying amounts of Graphene Nano Platelets (GNP). GFRP composites are increasingly being used in a variety of industrial applications due to their excellent mechanical properties, such as high strength, stiffness, and low weight. However, their machining and cutting behavior can be challenging due to the presence of the reinforcing fibers. Therefore, the study aims to investigate the machining behavior of GFRP composites and the effect of adding GNP on their cutting behavior. The effect of different parameters such as cutting speed, feed rate and reinforcement rate on cutting forces and delamination factor is investigated. In addition, the tensile strength and fatigue behavior of the composite materials with the best and worst delamination factors were also determined. Addition of up to 0.2 wt.% of GNP to GFRP composites resulted in an increase in cutting forces and delamination factor when drilling GFRP composites. While the cutting force and delamination factor decreased with the increase in cutting speed, the cutting force and delamination factor increased with the increase in the feed rate. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to determine the effects of drilling parameters and reinforcement ratio on cutting force and delamination factor according to full factorial experimental design. The most efficient factor on the cutting forces is found to be feed rate (84.97%), followed by the reinforced rate (6.48%) and cutting speed (6.13%). The most efficient factor on the delamination factor is determined to be feed rate for (44.49%), followed by the reinforced rate (29.20%) and cutting speed (21.73%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The use of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites having low weight and high strength provides the substantial energy savings in space and aerospace industry. The disadvantage of these composites is that the carbon fiber is not firmly bonded to the epoxy resin and the toughness of the produced materials is low. Graphene (G) and Graphene Oxide (GO) nanoparticles are used to functionalize CFRP composites. The CFRP composites functionalized with G and GO improve the strength of these composites by improving the fiber/matrix interface bond. In this study, the effect of type of nanoparticles, feed rate, cutting speed and number of flutes on machinability (cutting force, delamination factor and surface roughness) were experimentally investigated in the milling of CFRP composites, G-CFRP (CFRP functionalized with G) and GO-CFRP (CFRP functionalized with GO) nanocomposites. Cutting force, delamination factor, and surface roughness were found to be strongly impacted by feed rate, cutting speed, number of flutes, and type of nanoparticles. The increase in the number of flutes contributed to decrease of cutting force, delamination factor and surface roughness, while the increase in the feed rate caused to increase of them. By increasing cutting speed, surface roughness reduced, delamination factor and cutting force increased. In addition, compared to the CFRP composite, the cutting forces and surface roughness were higher, and delamination factor was lower in the CFRP composites functionalized with G and GO. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]