Studies on mechanical tribological chemical and thermal behaviour of filler particles reinforced basalt fiber epoxy composites

Abstract

Basalt fiber reinforced polymer composites has become outermost popular in aerospace and it is applied in many fields like canoe, pipelines in chemical industries, ship bodies, bicycle parts, break-pads, run out boards, chemical and wear proof covering tanks, etc. basalt fiber has interesting source for preparing composites as an alternative to glass and carbon fiber due to its advantages in terms of cost, good resin absorption, ecofriendly, better mechanical and electrical properties. In addition, of Bio-organic filler particles in fiber reinforced epoxy composites this offered a better stress transfer, resistance to debonding and improves the mechanical, chemical and thermal performance of laminates. newlineThe objective of this research is to introduce new bio organic fillers Moringa and Bagasse ash as a particulate in a polymer matrix and basalt fiber as reinforcement to develop light weight composite materials. The Moringa Oleifera strand taken from the Moringa plant was peeled off to remove the flesh and seeds inside. It was dried in daylight for 7 days and washed in refined water. The strands are converted into ash by heating in a muffle furnace maintained at 500 °C for 5 hrs until the ash turned black. The ash was ball milled to maintain a uniform particle size as. A similar procedure was followed in preparing the Bagasse ash content. newline newline