Tribo-Mechanical Characterization of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Cyanate Ester Resins Modified With Fillers

Abstract

High-performance polymer composites are being increasingly favored for structural applications. For this purpose, efforts are being focused on exploring the potential of high-performance thermoplastics and thermosets. Cyanate ester (CE) resin is a special thermoset that can be used at up to 400 °C without any considerable degradation; however, its tribological properties are not at the adequate level. Hence, it is needed to use this polymer in composite form with the fibrous/particulate reinforcement to impart better tribological properties and mechanical strength via a strong fiber–matrix interface. Carbon fiber/fabrics are at the forefront as reinforcement for specialty polymers. The tribological and tensile properties of cyanate ester (CE) composites-filled graphite, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and MoS2 micron-sized fillers reinforced with carbon fibers (CF) are investigated experimentally in a block-on-ring setup at 100 N, for 10 h, and with a sliding distance of approximately 10,000 m, against a hardened polished 100Cr6 steel shaft and diamond-like-coated (DLC) 100Cr6 steel shaft. The tribological properties of the composites including the coefficient of friction and specific wear rate are enhanced especially with the incorporation of graphite fillers. The friction coefficient and wear rate of the graphite-based composite was decreased significantly at 5 wt.% of graphite concentration. Further, at the same concentration, the graphite-based composite showed superior tensile properties as compared to the reference system owing to better dispersion and adhesion between the fibers and matrix. Tensile tests are performed to characterize the fiber–matrix interfacial adhesion and other strength properties.

Influence of moisture/water absorption on mechanical and thermal properties of polyamide6/boric oxide composites

“…Two-dimensional micro and nano particulate fillers such as graphite, molybdenum disulfide, hexagonal boron nitride and boron oxide are remarkably effective in improving some of the mechanical and tribological properties in dry conditions while embedded in any polymer matrices (Friedrich, 2018; Aldousiri et al , 2013; Bajpai et al , 2020; Mistry and Randhawa, 2020; Randhawa and Patel, 2020a, 2020b, 2020c; Randhawa and Patel, 2021; Vyas and Randhawa, 2021). To investigate the same in high humidity, the PA6/boric-oxide composites are immersed in water for many days before testing in this research.…”

Effect of Various Type of Nanoparticles on Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Wear-Resistant PEEK + PTFE-Based Composites

“…Solid lubricants (primarily in the form of microparticles) are widely used for friction units, especially containing polymer composites. The most common are polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), graphite [ 1 ], molybdenum dioxide (MoS 2 ) [ 2 ], boron nitride (BN), and some others [ 3 ].…”

Tribological performance of self-lubricated polyamide6/boric oxide composites after water conditioning

“…Many researchers have worked on industrial polymers, polyamides and their composites and investigated the mechanical and tribological properties (Bajpai et al , 2020; Saxena et al , 2016). Talc and kaolin type fillers were beneficial in improving some of the mechanical properties like tensile strength and modulus of elasticity of PA6 when used in some specific amount.…”