THE EFFECT OF SILICON-CARBIDE ADDITIONS ON THE MECHANICAL AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY PROPERTIES OF FIBER-REINFORCED EPOXY COMPOSITES
Keywords:
mechanical properties, SiC, glass fiber, epoxy, thermal conductivity, carbon fiber
Abstract
This study investigates the impact of adding silicon carbide (SiC) filler with various weight percentages on the mechanical and thermal properties of carbon- and glass-fiber-reinforced epoxy composites. Alterations in the filler content were analyzed to observe the composite material’s response to loading, assessing mechanical properties such as hardness, impact resistance, tensile strength, flexural strength and thermal conductivity. The investigation focuses on composite materials comprising carbon fibers and glass fibers to enhance the binder material (epoxy resin). Accordingly, four different groups of samples were prepared for experimentation. The first group consisted solely of epoxy resin, while the second group of samples contained epoxy resin reinforced with 15 w/% SiC. The third and fourth groups of samples included three layers of glass fibers, with and without 15 w/% SiC reinforcement, respectively. In the fifth and sixth groups of samples there were three layers: one upper layer of glass fibers, one layer of carbon fiber in the middle, and one layer of glass fiber at the bottom, with and without 15 w/% SiC reinforcement, respectively. The experimental findings revealed that the sixth group of samples exhibited lower heat conductivity (with an overall reduction of 10.9 % compared to samples from other groups), while demonstrating the highest tensile strength, hardness, flexural strength values and impact resistance (showing improvements of 20 %, 50 %, 19.5 %, and 11 % respectively, compared to samples from other groups).
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3 H. Mahan, S. V. Konovalov, and O. A. Shabeeb. "Mechanical properties of hybrid composite glass fiber and kevlar fiber reinforcement with nano alumina." AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 2834. No. 1. AIP Publishing, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0161472
4 K. Kumar, Dilip. "Enhancement of flexural strength of glass-nylon fibre hybrid composites using alumina nano filler." Materials Research Innovations 25.6 (2021): 338-341. DOI: 10.1080/14328917.2020.1816368
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16A. Gopinath, M. SenthilKumar and A. Babu. Evaluation of Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Polyester and Epoxy Resin Matrices Reinforced with Jute, E-glass and coconut Fiber. Materials Today: Proceedings 5(9), 2018, 20092–20103.
17K. Jha, K., B. B. Samantaray and P. Tamrakar. A Study on Erosion and Mechanical Behavior of Jute/E-Glass Hybrid Composite. Materials Today: Proceedings 5(2),2018, 5601–5607.
18S. Agayev, and O. Ozdemir. (2019) Fabrication of high-density polyethylene composites reinforced with pine cone powder: mechanical and low velocity impact performances. Materials Research Express 6(4), 045312. DOI 10.1088/2053-1591/aafc42
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22M. E. Kazemi, L. Shanmugam, D. Lu, X. Wang, B. Wang and J. Yang. Mechanical properties and failure modes of hybrid fiber reinforced polymer composites with a novel liquid thermoplastic resin, Elium®. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 125, 2019,105523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2019.105523
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Published
2024-12-05
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Rashid NA, Mahan HM, Shabeeb OA. THE EFFECT OF SILICON-CARBIDE ADDITIONS ON THE MECHANICAL AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY PROPERTIES OF FIBER-REINFORCED EPOXY COMPOSITES. MatTech [Internet]. 2024Dec.5 [cited 2026Oct.11];58(6):793–799. Available from: https://mater-tehnol.si/index.php/MatTech/article/view/1276
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