Studies on Tribological Behaviour of

Banana and Coir Hybrid Fiber Epoxy

Reinforced Composites
Present By
S. Dhanush (1811106)
M. Hariharan (1811116)
G. Kamalesh (1811117)
Guide:
Dr.V.P.Arthanarieswaran., B.E.,M.Tech., Ph.D.,
Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode - 637215
 Abstract
• This project work investigates on tribological behavior of fiber composites.

• Banana and coir are the two fibers which are reinforced with the epoxy resin.

• Frictional force under various parameters in a dry condition with tribometer.

• The parameters are Speed, Load and time is constant.

• Fibers incorporation with the matrix influences the friction, friction coefficient and wear rate.

• Friction force increases with increase in load.

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 Introduction
• Usage of composite materials has been increasing day by day.
• Natural fiber composite possess good properties as like the other materials.
• Their structure can be easily tailored for the purpose
• This work comprises, Tribological behavior of banana and coir composites.
• Previous researches have been based on the tribological character of these fiber composites
individually but not as a composites.

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 Materials
Materials Quantity Price in Rupees Bought at
Banana fiber 1 kg 625 Fiber region, Chennai
Coir fiber 1 kg 375 Fiber region, Chennai
Epoxy Resin 1 kg 650 Covai Seenu & Company
Hardener 250 ml 400 Covai Seenu & Company

Coir fiber Banana fiber Hardener and epoxy 4

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 Methodology
• The fibers are chopped into small pieces.
• Chopped fibers are weighed according to our composition ratio.
• Weighed fibers are mixed with the resin and hardener.
• The blending ratio of resin and hardener is 10:1.
• The mixture is poured in the open mold and kept in a room temperature for a day.

Chopped Fibers Coir Fiber

Fiber Mixture in Mold
Resin Banana Fiber 5
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Mixture in the Mold Prepared Samples Samples after Testing

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 Test Specimens
The specimens that we had prepared for the test has been listed below.

Specimens Name Ratio Weight % of Resin Weight % of Coir Weight % of Banana

Fiber Fiber

B10 Coir : Banana 100:0 65 35 0

BC1 Coir : Banana 20:80 65 28 7

BC2 Coir : Banana 40:60 65 21 14

BC3 Coir : Banana 60:40 65 14 21

BC4 Coir : Banana 80:20 65 7 28

C10 Coir : Banana 0:100 65 0 35

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 Experimental Setup
• Tribometer – Instrument used to study the tribological properties
• The test was carried under room temperature.
• The parameters are
• Speed 300 rpm – 500 rpm
• Load 15 N- 35 N
• Time 15 minutes(Constant)

Set Up for Wear Test Graphical Readings Setting Up the Samples and Test

Experimental Setup of the Project 8

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 Testing Of Samples

Sample
B10
Sample Testing
Wear Test - Tribometer

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 Result Analysis(Friction force)
15N
• At 15N & 300 rpm BC4 shows more friction & at 15N & 400 rpm BC3 shows more friction
• At 15N & 500 rpm C10 shows more friction
25N
• At 25N & 300 rpm B10 shows more friction & at 25N & 400 rpm C10 shows more friction
• At 25N & 500 rpm C10 shows more friction, at a point BC3&4 attains a more friction but
decreases suddenly due to its incorporation with the fiber matrix.
35N
• At 35N & 300 rpm BC2 shows more friction & at 35N & 400 rpm C10 shows more friction
• At 35N & 500 rpm BC2 shows more friction. At the start BC4 has more force but then it
decreased suddenly due to its poor matrix reinforcement.

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Friction vs Time (15 N)

300 rpm 400 rpm

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 Friction vs Time (25N)

300 rpm 400 rpm

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 Friction vs Time (35 N)

300 rpm 400 rpm

500 rpm 13
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 Result Analysis(Friction Coefficient)

• Friction Coefficient decreases with increases in load.

• BC1 & BC2 has uneven friction coefficient through the load distribution.

• C10 and B10 possess constant friction coefficient at different speed but B10 is lesser than C10.

• BC3 & BC4 decreases in friction coefficient at increase in load.

• BC4 has decrease in friction coefficient but at 500 rpm it doesn’t varies too much.

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Friction Coefficient

300 rpm 400 rpm

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 Result Analysis(Specific Wear Rate)

• Wear rate increases with increases in load.

• BC2 possess uneven specific wear rate for different speed.

• B10 increases at one load and decreases at other loads on different speed.

• C10 shows increase in wear rate for the variations of speed and load.

• BC4 and BC3 also increased in increase in load through the speed.

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Specific Wear Rate

300 rpm 400 rpm

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 Observations
• More the presence of coir fiber, higher the increase in friction. BC4 and BC3 has more friction.

• Banana fiber composites shows good resistance to water absorption than other composites. More coir content
results in more water absorption.

• BC3 sample composition does not get proper reinforcement with the matrix between two fibers and resins.

• Air traps in the banana coir composites samples varies from 0.79 to 1.65%.

• From the study it is observed that high banana fiber content has poor reinforcement with the coir fiber
content. But increase in coir content shows good reinforcement with matrix.

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Thank You

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