Citation

Nirmal, U. and Hashim, J. and Lau, S. T. and My, Y. and Yousif, B. (2012) Betelnut fibres as an alternative to glass fibres to reinforce thermoset composites: A comparative study. Textile Research Journal, 82 (11). pp. 1107-1120. ISSN 0040-5175

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Abstract

For the current work, investigations were carried out using treated betelnut fibre-reinforced polyester (T-BFRP) and chopped strand mat glass fibre-reinforced polyester (CSM-GFRP) composites. Results revealed that T-BFRP showed competitive performance of about 1.16%, 17.39% and 4.92% for tensile, flexural and compression tests as compared to the latter. Through tribological performance tests, T-BFRP composite showed superiority in wear for the dry and wet tests of about 98% and 90.8% while the friction coefficient was reduced by about 9.4% and 80% respectively. The interface temperature was lower by about 17% for T-BFRP composite subjected to dry test as compared to CSM-GFRP. SEM analysis revealed that the brittle effects observed on glass fibres during the tribo test enhanced the material removal rate which increased the thermo-mechanical effects at the rubbing zone. As such, evidence of adhesive to abrasive wear transition was observed when the CSM-GFRP composite was subjected to the stainless steel counterface. On the contrary, T-BFRP composite formed a thin layer of shield (i.e. back film transfer) on its worn surface during the test, which assisted in lowering the material removal rate.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Depositing User:	Ms Rosnani Abd Wahab
Date Deposited:	28 Dec 2012 07:40
Last Modified:	28 Dec 2012 07:40
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/3540

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