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K.Manonmani
M.Sankar Kumar
Associate Professor,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Production Engineering,
Government College of Technology,
Government College of Technology,
Coimbatore-641 013, Tamilnadu, India. Coimbatore-641 013, Tamilnadu, India.
manokmani@yahoo.co.in
msankarkumar@gmail.com
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B. Specimen Preparation
The standard size of the pattern was made; it was well cleaned
and kept dry to begin the composite preparation. Wax polish was laid
on the pattern. Then the random oriented 5 cm e-glass fiber of 35
wt% was distributed into the pattern. The accelerator was added to
the unsaturated polyester resin and stirred well. Then the catalyst was
added and stirred well again. The polymer matrix was applied
uniformly on the distributed fiber by a special brush.
Designation of
composites
C1
C2
Peak load
(KN)
7.12
7.93
Breaking load
(KN)
6.81
7.72
C3
C4
8.18
7.91
8.92
9.21
8.74
8.92
C5
TABLE I
DIFFERENT COMPOSITES WITH DIFFERENT Wt% of FIBER
CONTENT
Designation of
composites
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
Fiber
content(wt %)
35
35
35
35
35
Matrix
(wt %)
63
61
59
57
55
Particulate
(wt %)
2
4
6
8
10
C. Mechanical Characterization
Tensile test was carried out on a Shimadzu AG-IS 50 KN
Universal testing machine according to the guidelines of ASTM
D638. The impact test was done on the International equipments
impact testing machine with ASTM D256. Hardness of the
composite materials was measured using Rockwell hardness tester.
Three samples of every test were conducted on room temperature and
the average value was used. 2N of concentrated HCl and H2SO4 was
used to perform the chemical resistance analysis.
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C. HARDNESS
The hardness of the composite was determined by Rockwell
hardness tester. The depth of penetration of the indenter of 3.175 mm
steel ball was used. The hardness of the composite was depends on
the matrix, fiber content and filler content [2]. The Rockwell
hardness values of the composite are shown in figure 6. The hardness
values were increased due to increase of filler content. The maximum
value of 66 RNH was obtained from the experiment.
Fig. 4 Micro structure image of TiO2 particulate filled glass fiber reinforced
polymer composite
B. IMPACT STRENGTH
The impact strength of the polyester based GFRP
composite obtained from the experimental study is shown in figure 5.
The results ensured that the impact strength was progressively
increased due to increase of filler material. The experiment ensures
the maximum of 173.32 J/sq.cm was obtained from 35 wt% of fiber
content with 10 wt % of filler content. Because the sudden load
applied may be transmit to the primary fiber reinforcement and the
secondary reinforcement of filler material. These two reinforcements
may arrest the advancement of crack formation due to its higher
fracture imitation energy.
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TABLE III
CHEMICAL TEST OF THE COMPOSITES WITH HCl
Designation
of
composites
Weight before
the chemical
test (g)
Weight after
the chemical
test (g)
Weight
loss in
(g)
C1
16.570
16.492
0.078
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C2
18.060
17.962
0.098
C3
14.300
14.219
0.081
C4
15.077
14.979
0.098
C5
17.778
17.698
0.080
TABLE IV
CHEMICAL TEST OF THE COMPOSITES WITH H2SO4
Designation
of
composites
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
Weight before
the chemical
test
(g)
16.620
18.065
14.872
15.074
17.800
Weight after
the chemical
test (g)
Weight
loss in (g)
16.494
17.943
14.748
14.947
17.683
0.126
0.122
0.124
0.127
0.117
IV. CONCLUSIONS
The new hybrid reinforced polymer composites were made from
e-glass fiber in the unsaturated polyester resin matrix with titanium
oxide reinforcement. The composites were produced by hand layup
method. The fiber content of the composites were kept 35 wt%
constant and the filler material content was varied with 2 wt. %, 4
wt. %, 6 wt. %, 8 wt. %, and 10 wt. %. Experiments were conducted
study the tensile strength, impact strength, and Rockwell hardness of
the polymer composite. The addition of filler material influenced
these properties and the results revealed the improved tensile strength,
impact strength and Rockwell hardness. The chemical resistance
analysis was carried out by weight loss method. The incorporation of
titanium oxide improved the better chemical resistance with HCl.
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