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Tribological Studies and Optimization of Two-Body Abrasive Wear of NaOH-Treated Vachellia Farnesiana Fiber by Additive Ratio Assessment Method

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In the modern day, natural fiber-reinforced composites are becoming one of the most appealing materials for research. Vachellia farnesiana fibers were chosen for this study and extracted manually using a retting process. Chemically, the resulting fiber was treated with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solutions and then crushed and reinforced in epoxy matrix. The hand layup procedure was used to create a composite containing 0, 3, 6 and 9% NaOH-treated Vachellia farnesiana (NVF). Two-body abrasive wear characteristics were studied for the manufactured NVF composites. Material, load (N) and sliding distance (m) were used as input factors, while coefficient of friction (COF) and specific wear rate (SWR) were analyzed as output features. ANOVA was used for evaluating the input characteristics over the output characteristics which revealed that applied load (42.70%) was the dominant factor for SWR and for COF material was the dominant factor (59.89%). The wear mechanisms were studied using worn surface morphology which revealed that the addition of fillers resulted in increased wear resistance. Finally, using the additive ratio assessment approach, the result was optimized. From the output of ARAS method, it was found that the 9 wt.% material, 20N load and 100 m sliding distance have better wear resistance.

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    Francis A. Albert, Daniel James D. Jafrey, Immanuel W. John, S. Hariharan, A. Guna & L. Haribaskar

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Vidya College of Engineering and Technology, Virudhunagar, TamilNadu, India

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  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India

    Kumar G. Sathish

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur, India

    Chandran Mohanraj

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Albert, F.A., Jafrey, D.J.D., Karthik Pandiyan, G. et al. Tribological Studies and Optimization of Two-Body Abrasive Wear of NaOH-Treated Vachellia Farnesiana Fiber by Additive Ratio Assessment Method. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 32, 82–90 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-07082-y

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