STUDY ON TWO-BODY WEAR BEHAVIOR OF GRAPHENE FILLED E-GLASS FABRIC EPOXY COMPOSITES

D J Akshaykumar, VN Vivek Bhandarkar, M R Haseebuddin

Abstract: The paper focuses on the two-body wear behavior of Glass Epoxy (G–E) composites. The composites were prepared by vacuum molding process using glass fiber as reinforcing and epoxy as matrix. And been evaluated by the addition of Graphene used as a filler with 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1 by wt% as a secondary reinforcement in composites using vacuum molding process and the fabrication of composites was carried out at 1bar atmospheric pressure and post curing in electric oven. The composites are tested for wear behavior in accordance with ASTM standards. By using pin on disc (POD) equipment at an applied load of 10N, 20N and 30N for different sliding distances say (500m, 1000m, 1500m) and test speeds were constant at 200rpm. The results indicate that the addition of graphene in G-E composite increases the wear resistance considerably with increase in different filler composition.

Keywords: wear test, glass fiber, epoxy, graphene, vacuum molding, pin on disc

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0525005