4th WCSET-2015 at Japan
Mechanical and Engineering:
Title:
Fabrication and Experimental Study of Mechanical
Properties of GFRP with Cement as Filler Material for
fishing boat application
Authors:
Manjunath Shettar, Pavan Hiremath, N. S. Mohan, Vithal
Rao Chauhan, Nikhil R.
Abstract:
In recent years advanced polymer material composites are
used to manufacture a fishing boat in glass fiber with
polyester resin. To enhance the properties of GFRP, in
this work, cement was used as filler material with glass
fiber - polyster resin matrix. The composites were
fabricated by varying the weight percentage of cement in
matrix material, 0 wt%, 5 wt% and 10 wt% respectively.
The composites were fabricated by handlayup process,
following with compression molding. As per ASTM
standards, the specimen were prepared and studied
experimentally for mechanical properties. The results
were compared for different percentage of filler
material. It was observed that addition of cement lead
to increase in mechanical properties of GFRP.
Keywords: GFRP,
Cement, Fishing boat, Mechanical Properties
Pages:
083-086