Investigation of dry sliding behavior of metal on nanocomposites reinforced with carbon nanotubes and nanoclay

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1 Mechanics of Composite Materials Laboratory (MCM Lab.), Faculty of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran

2 Faculty of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran.

Abstract

• Abrasion in many industrial machines increases the clearance between moving parts, reduces accuracy, causes vibration, fatigue, and can ultimately cause complete machine failure and impose high costs on the industry. In this paper, the dry sliding behavior of metal on the surface of epoxy-based nanocomposites and their mechanical properties have been studied. Neat epoxy, carbon nanotube/ epoxy, nanoclay/ epoxy and carbon nanotube/ nanoclay/ epoxy are the samples. To investigate the sliding behavior, the samples were made in the form of a disc and according to the standard. The abrasive metal pin moved a distance of 1000 m in a circular path on the surface of the sample. Different axial loads were applied to the steel pin. The coefficient of friction between the metal and the samples, and the weight loss of the samples were measured. Also the mechanical properties of samples were determined by simple tensile test. The results showed that the addition of nanostructured reinforcements in all three nanocomposite samples made the sample more resistant to abrasion compared to the pure epoxy sample. At the maximum axial load, the coefficient of friction between the metal pin and the epoxy was measured to be 0.27, which indicated a reduction of 40% after adding 1.5% by weight of nanoclay to the epoxy.

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Journal of Solid and Fluid Mechanics
Volume 11, Issue 6
January and February 2022
Pages 85-95

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