Mechanical and Abrasive Wear Performance of Titanium Di-Oxide Filled Woven Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites by Using Taguchi and EDAS Approach.

Chelliah Anand Chairman,Manickam Ravichandran,Irfan Anjum Badruddin,Ali E Anqi,Ahmad Rashedi,Thanikodi Sathish,Vinayagam Mohanavel,Ibrahim M Alarifi,Asif Afzal

doi:10.3390/ma14185257

Abstract

Two-body abrasive wear behavior of glass fabric reinforced (GC) epoxy and titanium dioxide (TiO2) filled composites have been conducted out by using a tribo test machine. GC and TiO2 filled GC composites were produced by the hand layup technique. The mechanical performances of the fabricated composites were calculated as per ASTM standards. Three different weight percentages were mixed with the polymer to develop the mechanical and abrasive wear features of the composites. Evaluation Based on Distance from Average Solution (EDAS), a multi-criteria decision technique is applied to find the best filler content. Based on the output, 2wt% TiO2 filler gave the best result. Abrasive wear tests were used to compare GC and TiO2 filled GC composites. The abrasion wear mechanisms of the unfilled and TiO2 filled composites have also been studied by scanning electron microscopy. The outcome of the paper suggests the correct proportion of filler required for the resin in order to improve the wear resistance of the filled composites. Taguchi combined with Multi-Criteria Decision Method (MCDM) is used to identify the better performance of the TiO2 filled epoxy composites.

Highlights

Filler selection is very important in determining the important properties of a composite
The density of the composite after fabrication is measured by using the Archimedes principle
TiO2 filled epoxy composite gives the best filler content under all mechanical testing conand matrix removal is less in GC2 composites as compared to glass fabric reinforced (GC) composite under abrasive ditions

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Introduction

Filler selection is very important in determining the important properties of a composite Properties such as the stiffness or rigidity, tensile, abrasion resistance, and impact force of a composite are developed after the addition of fillers to the matrix. This choice will be determined principally by the end-product specification and/or service conditions This will stipulate such conditions as upper and lower load, abrasive distance, and level of dry or wet, mechanical, etc. This task requires a comparison of the basic properties of the polymer types available with a view to make a selection on an economic basis

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