Structural Adhesives

3Marble Dust Reinforced Epoxy Structural Adhesive Composites

Amar Patnaik¹*, Pankaj Agarwal^1,2, Ankush Sharma³, Deepika Shekhawat¹ and Tapan Kumar Patnaik⁴

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

²Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amity University Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

³Centre of Excellence for Composites, Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association (ATIRA), Ahmedabad, India

⁴Department of Physics, GIET University, Gunupur, Odisha, India

Abstract

The mechanical properties of epoxy composites filled with non-functionalized oxide nanoparticles is influenced by a number of factors. The development of sophisticated materials also necessitates a direct relationship between a material and its qualities from an industrial standpoint. This work describes the fabrication and testing of marble dust nanoparticle reinforced epoxy structural adhesive composites. The behaviour of composite structure after reinforcing with marble dust has been highlighted in this study. The marble dust in different wt.% (i.e., 0, 1.5, 3 and 4.5 wt.%) is incorporated into LY 556 epoxy and composites fabricated via casting method. The primary focus of this study was to evaluate the effects produced on the physical, mechanical and tribological properties with varying filler (marble dust) content. The results indicated significant improvement in hardness and wear resistance of the composite, whereas tensile strength ...