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In the past few years, an evolution in research from metals to composite materials has been focused all over the world for low cost, high performance and good quality materials. A major challenge for young engineers is to reduce the high fuel consumption by the various components made from conventional alloys used in automotive and aerospace applications. The present work is triggered to investigate the effect of carbon fibers reinforced in polyester matrix to know the mechanical and tribological properties of prepared composites. The average grain size of carbon particles dispersed in polyester matrix is 85 μm. To achieve uniform dispersion of carbon fibers in polyester resin mechanical stirring is performed. The reinforcement additions of carbon fiber increased from 4 to 12% in weight at 4%wt intervals. Micro structural analysis is performed on the fabricated polyester composites using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to ensure the proper mixing of carbon fibers. The evaluation of tribological properties is carried out on prepared wear pins. It is observed that, the wear rate is severe for pure polyester and proportionately decreasing with increase in reinforcement percentage. The wear resistance of 12%wt reinforced carbon fiber Polyester Matrix Composites (PMC) is three times better than that of pure polyester. The micro hardness is calculated using vickers hardness test and it was found that hardness goes on increasing with addition of carbon particles in polyester matrix.
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Sai Kumar, M.V., Sai Ram, Y.N.V. (2022). Tribological Behaviour of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composites. In: Kumari, R., Majumdar, J.D., Behera, A. (eds) Recent Advances in Manufacturing Processes. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3686-8_1
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