Thermoplastic matrix selection for fibre metal laminate using fuzzy VIKOR and entropy measure for objective weighting

• Main Authors: Dhar Malingam, Sivakumar, Mohd Ishak, Noordiana, Mansor, Muhd Ridzuan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor’s University 2017
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/19929/2/Taylor%20diana%2012_10_18.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/19929/; https://jestec.taylors.edu.my/Vol%2012%20issue%2010%20October%202017/12_10_18.pdf

The purpose of this study is to define the suitable thermoplastic matrix for fibre metal laminate for automotive front hood utilisation. To achieve the accurate and reliable results, the decision making process involved subjective and objective weighting where the combination of Fuzzy VIKOR and entropy method have been applied. Fuzzy VIKOR is used for ranking purpose and entropy method is used to determine the objective weighting. The result shows that polypropylene is the best thermoplastic matrix for fibre metal laminate by satisfying two compromise solutions with validation using least VIKOR index value scored 0.00, compared to low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene and polystyrene. Through a combination of Fuzzy VIKOR and entropy, it is proved that this method gives a higher degree of confidence to the decision maker especially for fibre metal laminate thermoplastic matrix selection due to its systematic and scientific selection method involving MCDM.