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Effect of surface treatment on mechanical properties of glass fiber/stainless steel wire mesh reinforced epoxy hybrid composites

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This paper investigates the effect of surface treatment for glass fiber, stainless steel wire mesh on tensile, flexural, inter-laminar shear and impact properties of glass fiber/stainless steel wire mesh reinforced epoxy hybrid composites. The glass fiber fabric is surface treated either by 1 N solution of sulfuric acid or 1 N solution of sodium hydroxide. The stainless steel wire mesh is also surface treated by either electro dissolution or sand blasting. The hybrid composites are fabricated using epoxy resin reinforced with glass fiber and fine stainless steel wire mesh by hand lay-up technique at room temperature. The hybrid composite consisting of acid treated glass fiber and sand blasted stainless steel wire mesh exhibits a good combination of tensile, flexural, inter-laminar shear and impact behavior in comparison with the composites made without any surface treatment. The fine morphological modifications made on the surface of the glass fiber and stainless steel wire mesh enhances the bonding between the resin and reinforcement which inturn improved the tensile, flexural, inter- laminar shear and impact properties.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, S.K.P Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu, 606603, India

    N. Karunagaran

  2. Department of Production Technology, MIT Campus, Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, 600044, India

    A. Rajadurai

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Karunagaran N. is working as Associate professor in the Department of mechanical Engineering at S.K.P Engineering college, Tiruvannamalai, India. He has almost 12 years of teaching experience. He received his B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Madras and M.E. degree in Manufacturing at Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India. His research interests are polymer matrix composites and optimization techniques.

Rajadurai A. is Professor in Production Technology & Dean of Madras Institute of Technology Campus, Anna University, Chennai - 44, India. He has obtained Ph.D. and M.E., Metallurgy from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He is working as a faculty in Anna University since 1989. He has published about 50 papers in various indexed journals. His research interests are composite materials and FEA of production processes.

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Karunagaran, N., Rajadurai, A. Effect of surface treatment on mechanical properties of glass fiber/stainless steel wire mesh reinforced epoxy hybrid composites. J Mech Sci Technol 30, 2475–2482 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-016-0507-9

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