Investigation on dry abrasion wear of natural and synthetic fiber reinforced polymer composites filled with stone waste

Abstract

The fiber reinforced polymer composites filled with industrial stone waste was fabricated using vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM). The fabricated samples of composite plates were subjected to parametric studies of dry abrasion wear test. The control factors considered for parametric studies of were load, abrading velocity, percentage of stone waste and size of abrasive particles.The mean S/N ratios for dry abrasion wear were to be 4.71db, 6.48db and 7.98db for granite added jute, glass and carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites. ANOVA analysis helps to identified the order of most influencing input operating parameters on output response dry abrasion wear and order of most significance input operating parameters in decreasing order abrasion load > Wheel rotation > Filler content > Abrasive size for granite added jute, glass and carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites.