Investigation of the Impact of the Alumina Powder Presence in Dielectric on Electrical Discharge Machining Parameters of A413 Aluminum Workpiece using Taguchi's Experiment Design, Signal-to-noise Analysis, and Total Normalized Quality Loss

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Mojtaba Shahbazi Dastjerdi ¹ , Ali Mokhtarian ² , Mojtaba Rahimi ³

1 - Department of Mechanical, Civil, and Architectural Engineering, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr/Isfahan, Iran
2 - Department of Mechanical, Civil, and Architectural Engineering, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr/Isfahan, Iran
3 - Department of Mechanical, Civil, and Architectural Engineering, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr/Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2023-02-04 Accepted : 2023-05-26 Published : 2023-02-01

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