Abrasive water jet machining (AWJM) is widely utilized in aerospace, marine and automotive industries for trimming
composites.However, it has some challenges when cutting carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) composites materialssuch as cut
accuracy and quality. More experimental work is required to provide sufficient machinability databases for manufacturing engineers.
This paper represents an experimental study and statistical analysis for cutting 2 lay-up configurations of multidirectional CFRP
laminates. Different AWJM conditions include jet pressure, feed rate, and standoff distance are experimented using full factorial
design of experiments. Machining process responses include top and bottom kerf width, kerf taper, machinability and surface
characteristics have been evaluated using analysis of variance (ANOVA) technique.
