PMID- 37447579
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230718
IS  - 2073-4360 (Electronic)
IS  - 2073-4360 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 13
DP  - 2023 Jul 3
TI  - Polymeric Materials Selection for Flexible Pulsating Heat Pipe Manufacturing 
      Using a Comparative Hybrid MCDM Approach.
LID - 10.3390/polym15132933 [doi]
LID - 2933
AB  - The right choice of polymeric materials plays a vital role in the successful 
      design and manufacture of flexible fluidic systems, as well as heat transfer 
      devices such as pulsating heat pipes. The decision to choose an acceptable 
      polymeric material entails a variety of evaluation criteria because there are 
      numerous competing materials available today, each with its own properties, 
      applications, benefits, and drawbacks. In this study, a comparative hybrid 
      multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) model is proposed for evaluating suitable 
      polymeric materials for the fabrication of flexible pulsating heat pipes. The 
      decision model consists of fourteen evaluation criteria and twelve alternative 
      materials. For this purpose, three different hybrid MCDM methods were applied to 
      solve the material selection problems (i.e., AHP-GRA, AHP-CoCoSo, and AHP-VIKOR). 
      According to the results obtained, PTFE, PE, and PP showed promising properties. 
      In addition, Spearman's rank correlation analysis was performed, and the hybrid 
      methods used produced consistent rankings with each other. By applying MCDM 
      methods, it was concluded that PTFE is the most suitable material to be preferred 
      for manufacturing flexible pulsating heat pipes. In addition to this result, PE 
      and PP are among the best alternatives that can be recommended after PTFE. The 
      study supports the use of MCDM techniques to rank material choices and enhance 
      the selection procedure. The research will greatly assist industrial managers and 
      academics involved in the selection process of polymeric materials.
FAU - Ordu, Muhammed
AU  - Ordu M
AD  - Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Osmaniye Korkut Ata 
      University, 80010 Osmaniye, Turkey.
FAU - Der, Oguzhan
AU  - Der O
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5679-2594
AD  - Department of Marine Vehicles Management Engineering, Faculty of Maritime, 
      Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University, 10200 Balikesir, Turkey.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230703
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Polymers (Basel)
JT  - Polymers
JID - 101545357
PMC - PMC10347195
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - flexible pulsating heat pipe
OT  - material selection
OT  - multi-criteria decision-making
OT  - polymer
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2023/07/14 13:07
MHDA- 2023/07/14 13:08
PMCR- 2023/07/03
CRDT- 2023/07/14 01:24
PHST- 2023/05/31 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/06/24 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/06/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/07/14 13:08 [medline]
PHST- 2023/07/14 13:07 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/07/14 01:24 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/07/03 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - polym15132933 [pii]
AID - polymers-15-02933 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/polym15132933 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Polymers (Basel). 2023 Jul 3;15(13):2933. doi: 10.3390/polym15132933.