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Influence of Compression Molding Process Parameters in Mechanical and Tribological Behavior of Hybrid Polymer Matrix Composites

In recent days, natural fibers are extremely influential in numerous applications such as automobile body building, boat construction, civil structure, and packing goods. Intensification of the properties of natural fibers is achieved by blending different natural fibers with resin in a proper mixin...

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Autores principales: Sathish, Thanikodi, Mohanavel, Vinayagam, Raja, Thandavamoorthy, Djearamane, Sinouvassane, Velmurugan, Palanivel, Nasif, Omaima, Alfarraj, Saleh, Wong, Ling Shing, Manikandan, Velu, Ravichandran, Manikkam
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8659549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34883698
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13234195
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author Sathish, Thanikodi
Mohanavel, Vinayagam
Raja, Thandavamoorthy
Djearamane, Sinouvassane
Velmurugan, Palanivel
Nasif, Omaima
Alfarraj, Saleh
Wong, Ling Shing
Manikandan, Velu
Ravichandran, Manikkam
author_facet Sathish, Thanikodi
Mohanavel, Vinayagam
Raja, Thandavamoorthy
Djearamane, Sinouvassane
Velmurugan, Palanivel
Nasif, Omaima
Alfarraj, Saleh
Wong, Ling Shing
Manikandan, Velu
Ravichandran, Manikkam
author_sort Sathish, Thanikodi
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description In recent days, natural fibers are extremely influential in numerous applications such as automobile body building, boat construction, civil structure, and packing goods. Intensification of the properties of natural fibers is achieved by blending different natural fibers with resin in a proper mixing ratio. This investigation aims to synthesize a hybrid polymer matrix composite with the use of natural fibers of flax and loops of hemp in the epoxy matrix. The synthesized composites were characterized in terms of tribological and mechanical properties. The Taguchi L16 orthogonal array is employed in the preparation of composite samples as well as analysis and optimization of the synthesis parameters. The optimization of compression molding process parameters has enhanced the results of this investigation. The parameters chosen are percentage of reinforcement (20%, 30%, 40%, and 50%), molding temperature (150 °C, 160 °C, 170 °C, and 180 °C), molding pressure (1 MPa, 2 MPa, 3 MPa, and 4 MPa), and curing time (20 min, 25 min, 30 min, and 35 min). From the analysis, it was observed that the percentage of reinforcement is contributing more to altering the fatigue strength, and the curing time is influenced in the impact and wear analysis.
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spelling pubmed-86595492021-12-10 Influence of Compression Molding Process Parameters in Mechanical and Tribological Behavior of Hybrid Polymer Matrix Composites Sathish, Thanikodi Mohanavel, Vinayagam Raja, Thandavamoorthy Djearamane, Sinouvassane Velmurugan, Palanivel Nasif, Omaima Alfarraj, Saleh Wong, Ling Shing Manikandan, Velu Ravichandran, Manikkam Polymers (Basel) Article In recent days, natural fibers are extremely influential in numerous applications such as automobile body building, boat construction, civil structure, and packing goods. Intensification of the properties of natural fibers is achieved by blending different natural fibers with resin in a proper mixing ratio. This investigation aims to synthesize a hybrid polymer matrix composite with the use of natural fibers of flax and loops of hemp in the epoxy matrix. The synthesized composites were characterized in terms of tribological and mechanical properties. The Taguchi L16 orthogonal array is employed in the preparation of composite samples as well as analysis and optimization of the synthesis parameters. The optimization of compression molding process parameters has enhanced the results of this investigation. The parameters chosen are percentage of reinforcement (20%, 30%, 40%, and 50%), molding temperature (150 °C, 160 °C, 170 °C, and 180 °C), molding pressure (1 MPa, 2 MPa, 3 MPa, and 4 MPa), and curing time (20 min, 25 min, 30 min, and 35 min). From the analysis, it was observed that the percentage of reinforcement is contributing more to altering the fatigue strength, and the curing time is influenced in the impact and wear analysis. MDPI 2021-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8659549/ /pubmed/34883698 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13234195 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Sathish, Thanikodi
Mohanavel, Vinayagam
Raja, Thandavamoorthy
Djearamane, Sinouvassane
Velmurugan, Palanivel
Nasif, Omaima
Alfarraj, Saleh
Wong, Ling Shing
Manikandan, Velu
Ravichandran, Manikkam
Influence of Compression Molding Process Parameters in Mechanical and Tribological Behavior of Hybrid Polymer Matrix Composites
title Influence of Compression Molding Process Parameters in Mechanical and Tribological Behavior of Hybrid Polymer Matrix Composites
title_full Influence of Compression Molding Process Parameters in Mechanical and Tribological Behavior of Hybrid Polymer Matrix Composites
title_fullStr Influence of Compression Molding Process Parameters in Mechanical and Tribological Behavior of Hybrid Polymer Matrix Composites
title_full_unstemmed Influence of Compression Molding Process Parameters in Mechanical and Tribological Behavior of Hybrid Polymer Matrix Composites
title_short Influence of Compression Molding Process Parameters in Mechanical and Tribological Behavior of Hybrid Polymer Matrix Composites
title_sort influence of compression molding process parameters in mechanical and tribological behavior of hybrid polymer matrix composites
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8659549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34883698
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13234195
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