A review on the degradation of properties under the influence of liquid medium of hybrid polymer composites
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A review on the degradation of properties under the influence of liquid medium of hybrid polymer composites M. Somaiah Chowdary1 · G. Raghavendra1 · M. S. R. Niranjan Kumar2 · Shakuntala Ojha1 · M. Om Prakash1 Received: 30 April 2020 / Accepted: 9 September 2020 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Abstract Hybrid polymer composites are more attractive because of their light in weight, more robust and rigid (in the direction of fiber) than traditional or unreinforced polymers with the added advantage of having their design and form adapted to suit the specifications of a particular application by the combination of the right choice of the materials. Reinforcement in a polymer hybrid composite can be fiber, filler, or fiber& filler together. Integrating reinforcement into polymers can lead to significant growth in the wear characteristics and mechanical properties of the polymer. Nevertheless, in applications wherever interaction by the liquid medium is inevitable, the mechanical properties and wear characteristics of hybrid polymer composites undergo degradation, which is a generally seen phenomenon since liquid medium acts as a plasticizer. This study aims to provide detailed information on the mechanical and tribological effects of hybrid polymer composites. More emphasis is given towards degradation of mechanical properties such as tensile strength, bending strength, and degradation of wear characteristics like erosion wear rate, and respective failure characteristics were analyzed under different environments such as water, kerosene, saline, sub-zero conditions. Keywords Polymer hybrid composites · Degradation of properties · Fiber · Filler · Mechanical properties · Tribological properties
1 Introduction Hybrid polymer composites in the developed world, in particular, are common. Its uses vary from the primary components of structural aircraft to tennis racquets, and numerous domestic applications and they use some form of fibers, filler, or fibers& filler as reinforcement [1, 2]. And other applications which also include automotive applications, marine manufacturing industries, bio-medical applications, and even building industries [3–7]. Hybrid polymer composite is defined by reinforcing polymers, for example, epoxy, Polyester, phenolic, polyvinyl ester, polyurethane resins, etc. with reinforcements such as natural fibers/natural fiber, natural fibers/synthetic fibers, synthetic fiber/synthetic fibers, natural fiber/filler, synthetic fiber/
filler, natural fiber/synthetic fiber/filler [8]. Natural fibers may play a vital part in the improvement of green composites to address recent ecological and environmental challenges. Natural fibers are lighter and cheaper, but their mechanical properties are poor when matched with synthetic fibers. The use of synthetic fibers as a reinforcement combined with natural fibers which makes the composite Hybrid will solve this issue. The reinforcement of natural fiber to the synthetic fiber will make the composite hybrid, which is relatively cheaper compared to syntheti
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