Abrasive Wear Performance of Coir Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite
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Article Title | Abrasive Wear Performance of Coir Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite |
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ERA Journal ID | 214393 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Shalwana, A., Mallampati, S. and Yousif, Belal |
Journal Title | Tribology in Industry |
Journal Citation | 45 (3), pp. 532-541 |
Article Number | 3 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2023 |
Publisher | University of Kragujevac |
Place of Publication | Serbia |
ISSN | 0354-8996 |
2217-7965 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.24874/ti.1500.06.23.07 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.tribology.rs/journals/2023/2023-3/2023-3-14.html |
Abstract | In the current era, there is a high demand to develop and explore new eco-materials for different engineering applications. Most engineering components are subjected to tri-biological loading conditions during the service. The current study investigates fibres reinforced polymer composites under abrasive wear loading conditions naturally. Coir fiber-reinforced epoxy composites was fabricated with different fibre lengths such as 5 mm, 10 mm and 15 mm. Surface treatment methods such as alkali treatment are performed to improve the efficiency of coir and epoxy resin. Normally applied loads of 5 N, 10 N, 15 N, 20 N and sliding Normally durations of 0, 2 min, 4 min, 6 min, 8 min, and 10 min are varied accordingly. Abrasive wear behaviour is performed on Block on Ring (BOR) at average room temperature with a sliding velocity of 1.9 m /s. wear behaviour values are tabulated for different fibre lengths, applied loads and Grades. Also, surface topography is examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and damaged features are classified. The highest wear rate is observed from a 10 mm coir fibre length of Grade 600 at 10N normal applied load with 0.0695. While lowest wear rate can be seen from Grade 1200 of 15mm coir fibre length at 5N applied load of 0.012 |
Keywords | Natural Fibres; Alkali treatment; Abrasive wear performance; Composites material |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401609. Polymers and plastics |
Byline Affiliations | Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, Kuwait |
School of Engineering |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z1ww4/abrasive-wear-performance-of-coir-fiber-reinforced-polymer-composite
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