Friction and wear behavior of alkali-treated corn husk fiber reinforced polyester composites

Stalin Balasubramaniam; Ramkumar Ramalingam; Karthick Rasu

doi:10.1515/mt-2024-0366

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Friction and wear behavior of alkali-treated corn husk fiber reinforced polyester composites

Stalin Balasubramaniam
Stalin Balasubramaniam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Anna University, Regional Campus Madurai, Madurai, India. His research focuses on the characterization of natural and synthetic fiber-reinforced polymer composites.
, Ramkumar Ramalingam
Ramkumar Ramalingam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at ULTRA College of Engineering and Technology for Women, Madurai, India. His research focuses on characterization of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites.
and Karthick Rasu
Karthick Rasu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai, India. His research focuses on characterization and machining of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites.

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Abstract

This paper presents the friction and wear behavior of alkali-treated corn husk fiber reinforced polyester composites. In this research, prepared the alkali treated corn husk fiber reinforced polyester composite through hand layup technique and investigated the physical, mechanical, and wear behavior of the composites. Prepared composite exhibited good hardness, impact, and tensile strength of 65.87, 9.25 J, and 48.52 MPa, respectively. Then, studied the friction and wear behavior by changing the applied load (30, 40, 50 N), sliding distance (500, 750, 1,000 m), and sliding velocity (2, 3, 4 m/s) using L₉ Taguchi technique in pin-on-disk apparatus as per ASTM G-99. From the results, it is observed that, applied load has influenced more on wear and friction followed by sliding velocity and sliding distance. Increases in applied load and sliding distance led to increase the wear and friction. A decrease in sliding velocity led to a reduction in friction and wear. Further, analyzed the wear and friction using contour plot. Wear mechanism has been studied through SEM analysis.

Keywords: corn husk fiber; friction; wear; polyester; alkali treatment; mechanical

Corresponding author: Ramkumar Ramalingam, Mechanical Engineering, Ultra College of Engineering and Technology for Women, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India, E-mail: urs.ram.be@gmail.com

About the authors

Stalin Balasubramaniam

Stalin Balasubramaniam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Anna University, Regional Campus Madurai, Madurai, India. His research focuses on the characterization of natural and synthetic fiber-reinforced polymer composites.

Ramkumar Ramalingam

Ramkumar Ramalingam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at ULTRA College of Engineering and Technology for Women, Madurai, India. His research focuses on characterization of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites.

Karthick Rasu

Karthick Rasu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai, India. His research focuses on characterization and machining of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites.

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