Mechanical and three-body abrasive wear behaviour of three-dimensional glass fabric reinforced vinyl ester composite

Fiber reinforced polymer composites are generally known to possess high strength and attractive wear resistance in dry sliding conditions. The behaviour of such composites performing in abrasive wear situations needs a proper understanding. Hence, in the present work of the three-body abrasive wear behaviour of two dimensional stitched carbon fabric, E-glass woven fabric and three dimensional E-glass woven fabric reinforced vinyl ester composites was investigated. Three-body abrasive wear tests were conducted using rubber wheel abrasion tester (RWAT) under different abrading distances at two loads, wherein the wear volume loss were found to increase and that of specific wear rate decrease. The results indicate that the type of fabric in vinyl ester have a significant influence on wear under varied abrading distance/loads. Further, it was found that carbon fabric reinforced vinyl ester composite exhibited lower wear rate compared to E-glass woven fabric reinforced vinyl ester composites. The worn surface features, as examined through scanning electron microscope (SEM), show higher levels of broken glass fiber in two dimensional glass woven fabric reinforced vinyl ester composite compared to carbon fabric and three dimensional glass fabric reinforced vinyl ester composites.

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Three-body abrasive wear behaviour of particulate-filled glass–vinyl ester composites

Journal of Materials Processing Technology ◽

10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.09.035 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 200 (1-3) ◽

pp. 306-311 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

B. Suresha ◽

G. Chandramohan

Keyword(s):

Abrasive Wear ◽

Vinyl Ester ◽

Wear Behaviour ◽

Abrasive Wear Behaviour ◽

Three Body

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Investigations on Mechanical and Abrasive Wear Behaviour of Carbon and Glass Fabrics Reinforced Vinyl Ester Composites

ASME/STLE 2007 International Joint Tribology Conference, Parts A and B ◽

10.1115/ijtc2007-44429 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

B. Suresha ◽

T. Jayaraju ◽

Siddaramaiah ◽

Kunigal N. Shivakumar

Keyword(s):

Wear Rate ◽

Abrasive Wear ◽

Vinyl Ester ◽

Specific Wear Rate ◽

Glass Fabric ◽

Wear Behaviour ◽

Wear Volume ◽

A Value ◽

Research Article ◽

Abrasive Wear Behaviour

The aim of the research article is to study the mechanical and abrasive wear behaviour of carbon and glass fabric reinforced vinyl ester composites. The measured wear volume loss increases with increasing load/abrading distance. However, the specific wear rate decreases with increase in abrading distance and load. The results showed that the highest specific wear rate is for glass fabric reinforced vinyl ester composite with a value of 8.96 × 10−11 m3/Nm and the lowest wear rate is for carbon fabric reinforced vinyl ester composite with a value of 5.84 × 10−11 m3/Nm. Mechanical properties were evaluated and obtained values compared with the wear behaviour. The worn surfaces were examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

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