Wear characteristics of GFRP composites on exposure to rough surface

Abstract

Abstract The objective of the work is to investigate the wear rate of two different types of specimens 0/90/0/90 and 0/RD/RD/90. The wear analysis experiment was conducted at three types of loading conditions and also under three various time intervals by following Taguchi’s L9 orthogonal array. In the present day, pin-on-disk is mostly used for wear testing. The effect of the laminated 0/90/0/90 and 0/RD/RD/90 on the weight difference behavior was examined by considering the effect of operating parameters like load, time, and surface roughness. This experimental study would help in finding, the wear rate of brake pad materials in the automobile and we compare the wear rate to that of the glass epoxy composite. Thus we can also find weight difference of the specimen with a rectangular cross-section according to wear test weight difference is minimum 0/RD/RD/90. The conformation test results revealed the predicted weight difference with the Taguchi’s L9 orthogonal array was acceptable when compared with the actual experimental results.