Authors:S. K. Undirwade, M.P. Singh and C.N. Sakhale
Abstract:The human powered bamboo sliver cutting involves various variables affecting the responses of the dependent variables which make this operation complex. The independent variables like length and width of bamboo split, thickness of bamboo split, distance between Roller centre to Cutter tip, Modulus of Elasticity of bamboo, Modulus of Elasticity of Cutter, cutting angle of Cutter, Flywheel energy, angular speed of flywheel, time required to speed up the flywheel, gear ratio etc. are affecting the performance of bamboo sliver cutting operation driven by human powered flywheel motor (HPFM) which affects the responses of dependent variables like processing time, number of slivers and Resistive torque. In this paper an attempt has been made to formulate an experimental data based models for sliver cutting from bamboo using HPFM. The sensitivity analysis, optimization and the reliability of these models and the ANN simulation of the behavioral data were established. Finally, the analysis of mathematical, experimental and ANN simulation was compared for responses of processing time, number of slivers and resistive torque.
Keywords:Experimentation, bamboo sliver, HPFM, sliver cutting, optimization, reliability, sensitivity,ANN