Erosion Wear Response of Pineapple Leaf Fiber (PALF) Reinforced Vinylester Composites Filled With Redmud: an Alumina plant waste

  Yogesh M,  Dr. Hari Rao A N

Abstract: - Natural fiber based composites are under intensive study due to their eco friendly nature and peculiar properties. The advantage of natural fibers is their continuous supply, easy and safe handling, and biodegradable nature. Natural fibers exhibit admirable physical and mechanical properties. Pineapple leave fiber (PALF) is one of the natural fiber abundantly available wastes materials in India and has not been studied yet. This research work is carried out a possibility that the incorporation of both particulate filler and fibers in polymer could provide a synergism in terms of improved properties. In view of this, the present research work is undertaken the fabrication of a set of Pineapple leaf fiber (PALF) reinforced Vinylester composites filled with Redmud an alumina plant waste product as the particulate filler. These results are compared with those of a similar set of Glass fiber reinforced Vinylester composites filled with same particulate filler. It also attempts to study the solid particle erosion wear response of these composites under multiple impact condition. The methodology based on Taguchi’s experimental design approach is employed to make a parametric analysis of erosion wear process. This systematic experimentation has led to determination of significant process parameters and material variables that predominantly influence the wear rate of the particulate filled composites reinforced with pineapple leaf fiber. The significant control factors predominantly influencing the wear rate are identified. The filler content in the composites, the impingement angle and erodent temperature are found to have substantial influence in determining the rate of material loss from the composite surface due to erosion.

Keywords- Natural fiber, Pineapple leaf fiber, particulate filler, Red mud, Taguchi experimental design, erosion wear

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1801127
Page Number(s) - 734-746
Pubished in - Volume 6 | Issue 1 | March 2018
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) -    http://doi.one/10.1729/IJCRT.18055
Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Yogesh M,  Dr. Hari Rao A N,   "Erosion Wear Response of Pineapple Leaf Fiber (PALF) Reinforced Vinylester Composites Filled With Redmud: an Alumina plant waste", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.6, Issue 1, pp.734-746, March 2018, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1801127.pdf