A modeling approach for prediction of erosion behavior of glass fiber–polyester composites

Tribo-performance analysis of red mud filled glass-epoxy composites using Taguchi experimental design

“…(7), the role of thermal energy transfer from erodent to target material in causing erosion is absent and thus the expression is similar to the one in the theoretical model proposed earlier by Patnaik et al [8].…”

“…Another model proposed recently by Patnaik et al [8,12] assumes that the kinetic energy of the impinging particles is utilized to cause indentation in the composite surface and the material loss is a measure of this indentation. It also assumes that both the erodent material and the target material are at same temperature and therefore there is no exchange of any thermal energy between them during the impact.…”

“…Erosion resistance has thus become an important material property, particularly in the selection of alternative materials. There are several research papers available in the literature that discuss about the erosive wear behaviour of fiber reinforced composites [7,8]. These investigations are mainly focused on the study of influence of experimental and target related parameters on erosion wear rate.…”

“…To this end, an attempt has been made in this study to analyze the impact of more than one parameter and their interactions using Taguchi's parameter design on the erosion wear of the red mud filled epoxyglass fiber composites. Such an approach has been successfully applied for parametric appraisal in the wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) process, erosion behaviour of polymer-matrix composites [8,[11][12][13][14][15].…”

Study of the Parametric Performance of Solid Particle Erosion Wear under the Slurry Pot Test Rig

“…It has been found that because of increment in fiber loading, the micro hardness and strength of composite material significantly increases then erosion wear decreases. Patnaik, et al [11][12][13][14] used air jet erosion wear test rig for investigating the significant parameters and erosion wear behavior of glass fiber polyester composites as target material with different operating parameters. They found that erodent size is the major factor affecting the erosion wear rate than fiber loading, impingement angle and impact velocity.…”