Effect of basalt powder on mechanical properties and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis of hybrid epoxy composites reinforced with glass fiber

ABSTRACT

The designing of new material and its studies with definite properties are required for easy manufacturing of high quality products in various industrial applications. In this paper, the investigations were carried out by blending the basalt powder with the matrix to find out the mechanical, dynamic mechanical thermal properties of glass fiber-reinforced epoxy composites. The fabrications of the composites were done by hand lay-up process. The mechanical and dynamic mechanical thermal properties on this hybrid composite were found by means of tensile test, flexural test, Charpy impact strength method and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis. In this gaze, results show that the reinforcing of glass fiber with basalt powder heightens the strength of the epoxy composites.

KEYWORDS:

• Glass fiber
• basalt powder
• epoxy composites
• mechanical properties

Acknowledgement

The authors thanks the Acharya Nagarjuna University, the management of Raghavendra Spectro anlysis Pvt Ltd, and the management of kelvin Labs, Hyderabad for their support of my research

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.