Development of a novel test-setup for identifying the frictional characteristics of carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites at high surface pressure

Carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites are extensively used in industrial applications. They are light in weight and have excellent load bearing properties. To understand this material's behaviour when carrying loads at high pressure, a tensile-friction test device was developed that can ap...

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Published inIOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 149; no. 1; pp. 12124 - 12133
Main Authors Saxena, Prateek, Schinzel, Marie, Andrich, Manuela, Modler, Niels
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.09.2016
Subjects
Carbon
Carbon fiber reinforced plastics
Carbon-epoxy composites
Coefficient of friction
Contact pressure
Diamond films
Diamond-like carbon
Diamond-like carbon films
Fiber composites
Fiber reinforced polymers
Industrial applications
Morphology
Polymer matrix composites
Polymers
Pressure
Sandblasting
Stainless steels
Tribology
Weight reduction
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Summary:Carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites are extensively used in industrial applications. They are light in weight and have excellent load bearing properties. To understand this material's behaviour when carrying loads at high pressure, a tensile-friction test device was developed that can apply a contact surface pressure between composite and counterpart of 50-300 MPa. A tribological investigation of carbon fibre reinforced epoxy composites was carried out, in which the influence of the surface morphology was investigated by using grinding and sandblasting techniques. The friction coefficient of the polymer composite was measured at 100 MPa surface pressure against uncoated and Diamond-Like Carbon coated stainless steel counterparts.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/149/1/012124