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Tribological behaviour of unidirectional carbon fibre-reinforced epoxy composites containing 42wt.% (CU42) and 52wt.% (CU52) carbon fibres fabricated by moulding technique was investigated on a pin-on-flat plate configuration. It is the first time to measure static and dynamic coefficient of frictions and wear rates of epoxy composites under heavy loading conditions. Microstructures of composites were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
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The experimental results indicated the carbon fiber improved the tribological properties of thermoset epoxy by reducing wear rate, but increased the coefficient of friction. At higher load, average wear rates were about 10.8x10-5 mm3/N.m for composites while it was about 38.20x10-5 mm3/N.m for epoxy resin. Moreover, friction coefficient of composites of CU42 tested at 90 N load was measured to be in the range 0.35 and 0.13 for static and dynamic component, respectively
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I hope that this article was very usefull for designing some mechanical components,especially for the fiber reinforced composites becacuse of obtaining higher mechanical properties, but lower wear/friction properties were achieved.
Professor YUSUF - ŞAHIN
Gazi Universitesi
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This page is a summary of: Tribological behaviour of unidirectional carbon fibre-reinforced epoxy composites, IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering, February 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing,
DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/174/1/012009.
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