Funct. Mater. 2025; 32 (3): 386-396.
Experimental design in the study of wear properties of polymer composites
1 Department of Mechanical and Materials Science Engineering, Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, Azerbaijan
2 Materials Research and Development Center, Iron & Steel Institute, Karabuk University, Turkey
This study consists of two stages. In the first stage, the wear properties of HDPE (high density polyethylene) matrix composites reinforced with carbon fiber (CF) and basalt fiber (BF) at different ratios were investigated in artificial body fluid in accordance with ASTM G33 standard; in the second stage, the Taguchi method was used for the experimental design of wear tests of the polymer composites. It was established that the composite samples reinforced with 10% CF and 10% BF had the best wear performance especially under low loads (10N and 30N). Although the combination of CF and BF with PE-g-MA (maleic anhydride) (10CF/3MA and 20BF/6MA) provided certain improvements in wear performance, it was observed that wear rate increased as the load increased. It was noted that the wear rates for polymer composite samples increased depending on the concentration of fibers and the increase in normal load.