Machine learning approaches for prediction of properties of natural fiber composites : Apriori algorithm

ABSTRACT

The selection of materials with the required properties was developing rapidly. There is no single rule to choose suitable material for a particular product. The complexes interrelation among the properties of composites makes more difficult to suggest suitable material for material scientist. The forecasting of relationship among material properties with throughput screening methods can help for the discovery of novel materials. The conventional way of selection of material need more investigations and time consuming. Recently, machine learning approaches are widely used in mechanical domain. Hence in this work, machine learning-based method was proposed to discover the relationship between the properties of natural fibres composites. To apply machine learning approach, there are 26 different natural fibres composites of Coir, Jute, Banana etc. were taken in to consideration. These materials are reinforced with pure export with different manufacturing methods such as Hand layup, Spray layup, Hot press moulding, and Compression moulding to produce the samples as per ASTM standards. The properties like density, tensile strength, hardness etc. were measured and interrelation among them was recognised using proposed method.

KEYWORDS:

• Epoxy composite
• natural fibre composites
• machine learning
• Apriori algorithm
• association analysis

Acknowledgments

The authors are thankful to the reviewers for their comments and suggestions to improve the quality of the paper.

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Sakthi Balan G

G.Sakthi Balan received his B.E., in Mechanical Engineering from Adhiparasakthi Engineering College affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, India in 2011 and ME in Manufacturing Engineering from MIET Engineering College affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, India, in 2016. He worked as Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Trichy, India. His research interests include newer production processes, exploration of newer fibers, composite materials, and optimization techniques. He is currently a Research Scholar in School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India.