Dry Sliding Friction and Wear Behaviour of Reinforced Hybrid Composites of Uniaxial Glass Fiber with Silicon Carbide, Aluminium Oxide and Graphite

Abstract:

In recent years, both industrial and academic world are focussing their attention towards the development of sustainable composites, reinforced with fibres. In particular, among the fibres that can be used as reinforcement, the uniaxial glass fiber ones represent the most interesting for their properties. The aim of this work is to illustrate the results of friction and wear behaviour of uniaxial glass fibers with silicon carbide, aluminium oxide and graphite as the fillers. Moreover, its main manufacturing technologies have been described. The major component of these hybrid composite is uniaxial glass fibre with Epoxy LY556 (Resin). Hardener HY951 is used for hardening and support. Resin + Hardener are mixed in the ratio 10:1 and the mixture made up is called Matrix. Test materials of glass Fibre with varying compositions of 15% Al₂O₃ + SiC and glass fibre with varying compositions of 15% Graphite + SiC have been prepared by applying the matrix on glass cloth which is wrapped around the mandrel. The samples were tested in a pin-on-disc machine to determine the friction and wear losses. Further, the samples were tested on a pin-on-disc machine and frictional characteristics were monitored by varying speed and loads. Thus, the friction and wear characteristics have also been found out for the two specimens. From the experimental test results, it is observed that Al₂O₃ +Sic exihibits lower wear loss than SiC + Graphite under dry sliding conditions. Based on the observations, this hybrid composite are recommended to the manufacturing of the aircraft structures.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 852)
• Pages: 411-415
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.852.411
• Online since: September 2016
• Authors: T. Narendiranath Babu*, Prasham Jain, Bipin Kumar Sharma
• Keywords: Coefficient of Friction, Composites Matrix, Epoxy, Pin-on-Disc Wear Tests, Uniaxial Glass Fibre, Wear Losses

References

[1] El-Tayeb NSM, Yousif BF, Brevern PV. On the measurements of interface temperature and friction coefficient of glass-fiber reinforced epoxy composite under dry sliding contact. In: Proceedings of the international conference on recent advances in mechanical and materials engineering. KualaLumpur, Malaysia; 30–31 May 2005. p.1006.

DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2005.1533.1540

[2] El-Tayeb NSM, Yousif BF. Wear and friction behavior of CGRP and WGRP composites subjected to dry sliding. In: Proceedings of WTC2005 world tribology congress III. Paper no. WTC2005-63097. Washington, DC, USA; 12–16 September, (2005).

DOI: 10.1115/wtc2005-63097

[3] Edwards KL. An overview of the technology of fiber-reinforced plastics for design purposes. Mater Des 1998; 19(1–2): 1–10.

[4] Robert M. Jones (1999). Mechanics of Composite Materials (2nd ed. ). Taylor & Francis.

[5] Daniel B. Miracle and Steven L. Donaldson, Introduction to composites, ASM Hand book of composite materials, volume-21.

[6] Tamer Ozben, ErolKilickap, OrhanÇakir, Investigation of mechanical and machinability properties of SiC particle reinforced Al-MMC,. Journal of materials processing technology 198 (2008) 220-225.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.06.082

[7] Rajesh John J, Bijwe J. Statistical analysis of abrasive wear data of aramid fabric-reinforced polyethersulfone composites. J Reinf Plast compos2006; 25(9): 1013–22.

DOI: 10.1177/0731684406065193

[8] Pierre Mertiny, Kulvinder Juss and Mohab M. El Ghareeb Evaluation of Glass and Basalt Fiber Reinforcements for Polymer Composite Pressure Piping, J. Pressure Vessel Technol 131(6), 061407 (Oct 28, 2009) (6 pages)doi: 10. 1115/1. 4000360.

DOI: 10.1115/1.4000360

[9] Kukureka SN, Hooke CJ, Rao M, Liao P, Chen YK. The effect of fibre reinforcement on the friction and wear of polyamide 66 under dry rolling–sliding contact. Tribol Int 1999; 32: 107–16.

DOI: 10.1016/s0301-679x(99)00017-1

[10] A. Kumar, A. Devaraju and B. Kotiveerachari Wear and Mechanical Properties of Aluminium Alloy Based Hybrid Composites [(SiC+Gr) and (SiC+ Al2O3)] Fabricated by Friction Stir Processing, Paper No. IMECE2013-64734, pp. V02AT02A051; 6 pages doi: 10. 1115/IMECE2013-64734.

DOI: 10.1115/imece2013-64734

[11] X.L. Shi a, F.M. Xu a , Z.J. Zhang a, Y.L. Dong a,Y. Tan a, L. Wang a, J.M. Yang b Mechanical properties of hot-pressed Al2O3/SiC composites, a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024 China.

DOI: 10.51393/j.jamst.2023001

[12] K. Friedrich , Advances in Composite Tribology, , Volume 8, pp.175-178.

[13] By Klaus Friedrich, Alois K. Schlarb , Tribology of Polymeric Nanocomposites: Friction and Wear of Bulk Materials and Coating, Second Edition , pp.107-109.