Tribology and Materials | Volume 1 | Issue 1 | 2022 | 21-26
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https://doi.org/10.46793/tribomat.2022.003
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Hardness and tribological properties of laser irradiated PMMA based nano-microcomposites
Hebatalrahman A. Hebatalrahman
Independent Researcher, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract: In this work, new composite material is manufactured
from poly(methyl methacrylate) PMMA matrix reinforced by glass fibre
type E-glass. The effect of volume fraction of fibre and length to
diameter ratio is studied, and friction and wear characteristics were
determined at different volume fractions and fibre sizes. The hardness
and wear resistance of randomly distributed PMMA matrix composite were
significantly enhanced, and the maximum conditions for reinforcement of
PMMA matrix composite to improve tribology characteristics were
evaluated. The effect of laser irradiation on the mechanical properties
was evaluated by irradiation of composite material after manufacturing,
with different kinds of lasers. The continuous wave (CW) argon-ion laser
and pulsed Nd:YAG laser were used to irradiate composite material.
Hardness, wear rate, and coefficient of friction were evaluated at the
same test condition of the unirradiated composite. The significant
improvement in improvement in the mechanical properties at certain
irradiation conditions was evaluated.
Keywords: structure,
hardness, wear, PMMA, random distribution.
Received: 27-02-2022, Revised: 19-03-2022, Accepted: 27-03-2022
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which allows users to distribute, remix, adapt,
and build upon the material in any medium or format for non-commercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.
Abstract: In this work, new composite material is manufactured from poly(methyl methacrylate) PMMA matrix reinforced by glass fibre type E-glass. The effect of volume fraction of fibre and length to diameter ratio is studied, and friction and wear characteristics were determined at different volume fractions and fibre sizes. The hardness and wear resistance of randomly distributed PMMA matrix composite were significantly enhanced, and the maximum conditions for reinforcement of PMMA matrix composite to improve tribology characteristics were evaluated. The effect of laser irradiation on the mechanical properties was evaluated by irradiation of composite material after manufacturing, with different kinds of lasers. The continuous wave (CW) argon-ion laser and pulsed Nd:YAG laser were used to irradiate composite material. Hardness, wear rate, and coefficient of friction were evaluated at the same test condition of the unirradiated composite. The significant improvement in improvement in the mechanical properties at certain irradiation conditions was evaluated.
Keywords: structure, hardness, wear, PMMA, random distribution.
Received: 27-02-2022, Revised: 19-03-2022, Accepted: 27-03-2022
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which allows users to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for non-commercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.