Optimization of Abrasive Wear Parameters of Halloysite Nanotubes Reinforced Silk/Basalt Hybrid Epoxy Composites using Taguchi Approach

The demand for environmentally friendly and sustainable materials for nonstructural and structural applications grows by the day. Polymeric composites reinforced with fillers and fibres are considered to have increased strength and desirable wear resistance. Abrasive wear of industrial and agricultu...

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Published inTribology in industry Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 253 - 267
Main Authors Darshan, S.M., Suresha, Bheemappa, Jamadar, Imran M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kragujevac University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Engineering 2022
University of Kragujevac
Subjects
Abrasion
Abrasive wear
Basalt
basalt fibre
Fillers
hnts
hybrid nanocomposites
Nanocomposites
Nanotubes
Optimization
Orthogonal arrays
Parameters
Sand
Silicon dioxide
Silk
silk fibre
taguchi method
three body abrasive wear
Variance analysis
Wear rate
Wear resistance
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Summary:The demand for environmentally friendly and sustainable materials for nonstructural and structural applications grows by the day. Polymeric composites reinforced with fillers and fibres are considered to have increased strength and desirable wear resistance. Abrasive wear of industrial and agricultural based components are currently one of the most serious issue. Therefore, the current research reports on the influence of Halloysite-Nanotubes (HNTs) loading on the three body abrasive behavior of bi-directional silk fibre (SF) and basalt fibre (BF) reinforced epoxy (Ep) composites. Rubber wheel with dry sand abrasion testing in accordance with ASTM G65-16e1 was performed with four control parameters such as filler content, load, abrading distance and silica sand size. The tests were planned as per orthogonal array of Taguchi (L27). Significant impact of control factors were identified using ANOVA (Analysis of variance). The results demonstrated that adding HNTs to SF-BF/Ep nanocomposites significantly improved the wear resistance and the combination of A2, B1, C3 and D1 control factors yields the lower specific wear rate (SWR). Findings exhibit that the load and abrading distance were the most significant parameters affecting the abrasive wear of SF-BF/Ep nanocomposites followed by filler content and silica sand size. Microstructural features were observed via scanning-electron-microscopy (SEM).
ISSN:0354-8996
2217-7965
DOI:10.24874/ti.1131.06.21.08