Investigation on mechanical vibration characteristics and abrasive water jet machining of titanium metal basalt flax fibers interplyed laminate

Abstract

High strength environment-friendly Metal Fiber Laminates (MFL) newlineare majorly used for primary structures as various engineering applications. newlineMFLs, in particular, are widely used in the structural parts of aircraft, ships, newlineand automobiles due to their lightweight, high specific strength, corrosion newlineresistance, and impact or shock resistance properties compared to monolithic newlinematerials. However, recent research focuses on using MFLs in a highly newlinechallenging vibration/shock resistance environment that continuously takes newlineplace at a greater level. The prime requirements should be high strength and newlineenough energy to store than the existing MFLs. The design of MFLs depends newlineon the selection of interleaving fiber arrangements and metal sheets that are newlineexpected to improve performance.Hence, this research works to study the properties such as tensile,flexural, impact strength, and free vibration (natural frequency and damping newlineratio) of a skin titanium sheet interleaved with basalt and flax fiber laminates. newlineThis is accomplished by selecting a natural rock-based basalt fiber that is a newlinegood choice for glass fiber. It has enough temperature resistance and newlinemechanical strength properties and shows high chemical stability, newlineenvironmental reaction protection, and non-combustibility behavior. Natural newlineflax fiber was chosen to provide structural damping owing to its excellent newlineshock absorbing and strength properties. Titanium alloy is a well -known newlinestructural material with a high strength to density ratio, stiffness, and flexural newlinebending strength. MFL fabricated from titanium metal provides a structural newlineintegrity layer. newline newline