Characterization of Wear Properties of Epoxy - SiC - Alumina Filled Polymer Matrix Composites

Authors

  • Mohammed Asif Kattimani  Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lords Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  • D. H. Pachchinavar  Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lords Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  • Bhimanagouda Patil  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lords Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

DOI:

https://doi.org//10.32628/IJSRST196516

Keywords:

Alumina, Silicon Carbide, Taguchi's, ANOVA

Abstract

Nowadays, Polymer composites are frequently used for engineering applications such as aerospace, automotive and marine industries. The present research is on evaluation of wear properties of epoxy resin composite fabricated using alumina (Al2O3) in 5wt% and Silicon Carbide (SiC) in 5-15 wt% in steps of 5 wt% as fillers for testing purpose. The tribological properties such as dry sliding wear characteristics have been evaluated by conducting wear tests using Pin-on-Disc wear testing setup for sliding speed (200/300/400 rpm) and sliding load (20/30/40 N). The wear properties are analyzed using Taguchi’s Design of Experiments and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) techniques. From the statistical analysis it is found that the 15wt% of SiC is major factor influencing the wear resistance of the composite material. Finally regression analysis has been carried out to build regression model to predict the wear rate of the composite material under different sliding conditions.

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2019-10-30

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Volume 6, Issue 5, September-October-2019

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Mohammed Asif Kattimani, D. H. Pachchinavar, Bhimanagouda Patil, " Characterization of Wear Properties of Epoxy - SiC - Alumina Filled Polymer Matrix Composites, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 6, Issue 5, pp.163-170, September-October-2019. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST196516