Carbon fiber-reinforced composite materials are finding increased application in many areas. Machining of these composites cannot be avoided to avail a near-net shape. The study and development of prediction model for cutting force, cutting power, and specific cutting force have been an important area for researchers. Interest toward this subject is increasing due to the factors which restricts from carrying out the experimental studies like the number of machining parameters to be controlled and time taken for machining to determine cutting forces. This study attempts to develop a fuzzy model to predict the cutting force thereby cutting power and specific cutting force. The developed models offer satisfactory performance on comparison with the experimental results and hence these models can be effectively used to predict cutting forces in machining of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic composites.
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