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The cotton fiber reinforced polyester composites were fabricated with varying amount of graphite fillers (0, 3, 5 wt.%) with a hand lay-up technique. Wear tests were planned by using a response surface (Box Behnken method) design of experiments and conducted on a pin-on-disc machine (POD) test setup. The effect of the weight percentage of graphite content on the dry sliding wear behavior of cotton fiber polyester composite (CFPC) was examined by considering the effect of operating parameters like load, speed, and sliding distance. The wear test results showed the inclusion of 5 wt.% of graphite as fillers in CFPC increase wear resistance compared to 3 wt.% of graphite fillers. The graphite fillers were recommended for CFPC to increase the wear resistance of the material. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to study the wear mechanism. To predict the wear behavior of the composite material, comparisons were made between the general regression technique and an artificial neural network (ANN). The conformation test results revealed the predicted wear with the ANN was acceptable when compared with the actual experimental results and the regression mathematical models.
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Hiral PARIKH. She is currently serving as an assistance professor in the School of Engineering and Technology at the Navrachana University, Vadodara. She did her post-graduation in machine design from Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya (BVM) College of Engineering, V. V. Nagar in 2006. Since then she has been engaged in teaching and research. Currently she is pursuing her Ph.D degree from CHARUSAT, Changa University in the field of Tribological Characterization of Polymer Matrix Composites. She has authored various research papers in referred journals, national & international conferences. She has also published 2 book chapters with reputed publishers like SPRINGER, ACME, etc. She is also a member of Tribology Society of India and Indian Society of Technical Education.
Piyush P. GOHIL. He is working as associate professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at Faculty of Technology & Engineering, the MS University of Baroda, Vadodara (Gujarat). He did his Ph.D. degree in August 2010 from SVNIT-Surat (Gujarat) India. Dr. Gohil’s area of research includes design, manufacturing and tribology of composites. He is a life member of ISTE, TSI, ISAMPE, FRP Institute and annual member of SAE. He has guided 2 PhD students and 4 pursuing, also guided 35 ME/M.Tech Dissertations. He has more than 70 research papers in referred journals, national & international conferences. He has also published 5 book chapters in reputed publishers like SPRINGER, ACME, etc., and also edited one conference proceeding and one thematic journal issue. He has delivered more than 30 expert lectures in various faculty development programmers and many expert lectures to student community. He is acting as reviewer in many national and international journals of SAGE, SPRINGER, ELSEVIER, INDERSCIECE publishers in his area of research. He has completed two MODROB projects of AICTE-New Delhi INDIA. He has also received research project grants from DST Delhi and GUJCOST Gandhingar. He was awarded travel grants as a Young Scientist from DST INDIA in March 2011 for Malaysia & under UGC Merged scheme in March 2015 for London. Dr. Gohil is also acting as External Expert BOS member at BVM, CHRUSAT.
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Parikh, H.H., Gohil, P.P. Experimental investigation and prediction of wear behavior of cotton fiber polyester composites. Friction 5, 183–193 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-017-0145-y
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