Comparative performance assessment of pineapple and Kevlar fibers based friction composites
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Author(s)
Singh, Tej
Pruncu, Catalin
Gangil, Brijesh
Singh, Vedant
Fekete, Gusztáv
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Novel friction compositesmaterials usingpineapple fiber as a sustainable alternative for automotive industry were developedby increasing its amount from 5-20 wt.% in the step of 5 %. To compare the performance of pineapple fiber, friction composites with 5-10 wt.% of Kevlar fiber were also manufactured.The results of physico-mechanical properties reveal that density, hardnessand ash contentdecreasewhereas water absorption, porosity and compressibility increasewiththeincreased pineapple/Kevlar fiber contents. Further, the friction and fade performance were found to decrease whereastherecovery performance and wearwasfound to increase with increased pineapple fiber content. Among pineapple fiber reinforced composites, thebest compositeis the one having 5 wt.% pineapple fibersthat exhibits the highest performancein terms ofcoefficient of friction(0.548), lowest fade-% (36.31%)along withthelowest specific wearrate(3.49×10-8 cm3/N-m).Nonetheless,theresults showthat the5 wt.% Kevlar fiber based composite reveals good performance in terms of coefficient of friction (0.592) with slightly lower fade-% (35.98%), recovery-% (107.43%) and specific wear rate (3.46×10-8 cm3/N-m) when comparing to 5 wt.% pineapple fiber based composites.Finally, the possible wear mechanisms were discussed with the help of composites worn surface morphologies.
Date Issued
2020-03
Date Acceptance
2019-11-26
Citation
Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2020, 9 (2), pp.1491-1499
ISSN
2238-7854
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
1491
End Page
1499
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Volume
9
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
Crown Copyright © 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article underthe CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785419316072?via%3Dihub
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-12-13