Experimental Study on Thermal and Sliding Wear Performance of Glass Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites
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Fibre reinforced polymer composites are known for their high specific strength. At present natural fibres are popularly used as reinforcement in polymer matrices due to their light weight and biodegradable nature. However, it is a bitter fact that natural fibre reinforced composites exhibit lower strength when compared to polymer composites reinforced with synthetic fibres. Therefore, the present work deal with the fabrication of glass reinforced epoxy composite using hand layup technique. In the present study, three laminated composite specimens were fabricated with different weight percentage of glass fibre. Subsequently, these composite specimens were investigated for their thermal attributes and sliding wear. Study concludes that increase in wt.% of glass fibre deteriorated the thermal conductivity of composites whereas the sliding wear resistance of hybrid composites increased with increase in wt.% of glass. Prepared composite would find its possible application as automotive components like exhaust muffler, headlamp case etc.
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