Optimization of Dry Sliding Wear Performance of Ceramic Whisker Filled Epoxy Composites Using Taguchi Approach

Table 5

ANOVA table for specific wear rate.

Source	DOF	Seq SS	Adj SS	Adj MS	𝐹 test	𝑃 value	𝑃 (%)
Sliding velocity (𝐴)	2	9.1245	9.1245	4.5623	18.52	0.003	9.95
Normal load (𝐵)	2	35.4780	35.4780	17.7390	71.99	0.000	38.67
Filler content (𝐶)	2	30.0028	30.0028	15.0014	60.88	0.000	32.70
Sliding distance (𝐷)	2	10.4056	10.4056	5.2028	21.11	0.002	11.34
𝐵×𝐶	4	2.0655	2.0655	0.5164	2.10	0.200	2.25
𝐵×𝐷	4	2.0972	2.0972	0.5243	2.13	0.195	2.29
𝐶×𝐷	4	1.0942	1.0942	0.2736	1.11	0.432	1.19
Error	6	1.4784	1.4784	0.2464			1.61
Total	26	114.3166					100

S = 0.496392 R-Sq = 98.39% R-Sq (adj) = 93.02%.
DOF: degrees of freedom; Seq SS: sequential sum of squares; Adj SS: adjusted sum of squares; Adj MS: adjusted mean squares; 𝑃: percentage of contribution.