Wear Resistance and Water Absorption Study of Sic Reinforced Polyester Composite

Wear is caused by complex nature of many sets of minute interactions that occur between moving parts when slide against each other. The occurrences of these interactions are mainly due to the influence of different factors such as the materials, the geometrical and topographical characteristics of the surfaces, and the overall conditions under which the surfaces are made to slide against each other. e.g. loading, temperature, atmosphere, type of contact, etc. Water absorption in unidirectional composite specimens was also studied. The effects of specimen geometry (the edge effect) and specimen orthotropic on water absorption are in particular given more importance in the evaluation process of the composites. Significant differences in the water absorption properties of the composites were found. The various properties of SiC nano particles have their influence in the making of a polymer composite. These polymer composites find their applications in many areas of engineering such as mechanical, automobile, marine etc.. The composite is fabricated in different weight ratios of SiC particulate reinforcement and polymer matrix. These particulate reinforced composites were characterized to understand the way in which it is going to behave as for as its usage concerned. (c) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.