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Mechanical properties, degradation and flue gas analysis of basalt and glass fiber reinforced recycled polypropylene

  • Munisamy Sakthivel , Mukund Jenarthanan and Ponnurangam Raja
Published/Copyright: May 28, 2019
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Materials Testing
From the journal Materials Testing Volume 61 Issue 6

Abstract

Fiber reinforced recycled polypropylene composites (FRRPC) are developed by reinforcing chopped basalt fiber (BF) and glass fiber (GF) in recycled polypropylene (RPP) using injection molding techniques. The composites are differentiated by varying the fiber volume at 10, 20 and 30 vol.-%. This investigation has been conducted to study the mechanical properties of FRRPC by means of tensile, flexural and impact tests. In addition to that, fracture surfaces have been cut and observed under a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Degradation processes were carried out to assess the amount of oxygen used by the bacteria to stabilize the organic matter under controlled conditions of time and temperature. Flue gas analysis revealings carbon monoxide(CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2), is within the allowable limit. From the above results, it became evident that basalt fiber reinforced polypropylene (BFRP) is superior to glass fiber reinforced polypropylene (GFRP).

*Correspondence Address, Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Sakthivel, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur, 635109, India, E-mail:

Associate Prof. Dr. Munisamy Sakthivel, born in 1978, studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Madras, Chennai, India and completed post graduate work at Anna University, Coimbatore, India. He also received a PhD at Anna University, Chennai. Currently, he is employed as Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur, India. His main area of interest is the machining of natural fiber polymer composites and multi material structures.

Assisst. Prof. Dr. Mukund Jenarthanan studied Mechanical Engineering and continued his post-graduate studies at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Trichy, India. He also completed his PhD at NIT, Trichy. Currently, he is employed as Assistant Professor (SG) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, SASTRA University, Tanjore, India. His main area of interest is the machining of polymer composites.

Assistant Prof. Ponnurangam Raja studied Mechanical Engineering and did post graduate work at Anna University, Chennai, India. Currently, he is employed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Adhiyamaan College of Engg, Hosur, India. His main area of interest is the cryo-machining of Ferrous and Non ferrous metals.

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Published Online: 2019-05-28
Published in Print: 2019-06-01

© 2019, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.3139/120.111358

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Inhalt/Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Fachbeiträge/Technical Contributions
  4. Investigation of phase transformations in mill scales for the purification process
  5. Exposure response function for a quantitative prediction of weathering caused aging of polyethylene
  6. Mechanical properties characterization of resistance spot welded DP1000 steel under uniaxial tensile tests
  7. Corrosion failure analysis of a perforated F32 reactor
  8. Prediction of mechanical properties of Al6061 metal matrix composites reinforced with zircon sand and boron carbide
  9. Tribological behavior of a hydrostatically extruded ultra-fine grained Ti-13Nb-13Zr alloy
  10. Characterization of boronized AISI 1050 steel and optimization of process parameters
  11. Experimental investigation on mechanical properties of AA7075-AlN composites
  12. Modeling of machining parameters for MRR and TWR in EDM characteristics on Al/10 wt.-% TiB2 composites
  13. Artificial neural network approach to predict ion nitrided case depth and surface hardness of AISI 4340 steel
  14. Theoretical and experimental investigation of stress distribution in a crane hook
  15. Mechanical properties, degradation and flue gas analysis of basalt and glass fiber reinforced recycled polypropylene
  16. Corrosion behavior of a precipitation hardened Ni–Cr–Co–Mo alloy under partial slagging coal gasification conditions
  17. Effect of different loading systems on acousto-ultrasonic characteristics of concrete under axial compression
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