Abstract
Abstract In this paper, the tribological characteristics of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites have been investigated experimentally. A counter surface of steel (EN-31) having a hardness of 60-HRC was used. Wear tests were performed on a pin-on-disc wear testing apparatus TR 20 (by: DUCOM) under dry sliding condition. These specimens were designed based on Taguchi’s (L9) orthogonal array approach to optimize experimental runs. Three input process parameters viz. normal load, sliding speed and sliding distance were used keeping the track diameter of 80mm. The signal to noise (S/N) ratio and analysis of variance (ANOVA) result were used to find out the optimum level and to investigate the influence of the process parameter on coefficient of friction and specific wear rate .The tribological behavior of proposed samples were compared on the basis of coefficient of friction and specific wear rate. The FESEM analysis was used to clarify the experimental data in the behavior of friction and wear test
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