Abstract—Composites materials are getting difficult to machine owing to its constituents properties, fiber orientation and relative volume fraction of matrix. Abrasive water jet machining is a recent nontraditional machining process, and widely used in many industrial applications. Abrasive water jet cutting of material involves the effect of a high pressure velocity jet of water with induced abrasive particle on to materials to be cut. The present paper collects the findings on influences of distinct parameters of AWJ machining of composite materials. The parameters such as hydraulic pressure, traverse speed, abrasive mass flow rate, standoff distance, types of abrasive materials, grit size, jet nozzle oscillation and cutting orientation are focused for kerf tapper angle, surface roughness and depth of cut. From the literature survey it was found that by increase of water pressure, kerf tapper angle and surface roughness gets decreased. However, traverse speed and standoff distance shows reverse effects.

Index Terms—Abrasive water jet machining, Kerf tapper ratio, Surface roughness, Fiber reinforced composite materials, Abrasive materials

Cite: Jignesh K Patel and Abdulhafiz A Shaikh, "The Influence of Abrasive Water Jet Machining Parameters on Various Responses - A Review," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 383-403, January 2015.