Polycarbonate/Short Glass Fiber Reinforced Composites - Physico-mechanical,Morphological and FEM Analysis

摘要

A series of polycarbonate (PC),reinforced with short glass fiber (SGF) in different weight ratios viz.,10,20 and 30%,has been fabricated by melt mixing with the aid of a twin screw extruder,in order to study the influence of glass fiber reinforcement on PC.The test specimens were fabricated as per ASTM standards and evaluated for their physico-mechanical properties.Incorporation of short glass fiber to PC enhances the tensile behavior of the composites significantly.The morphological behavior of PC composites has been performed using a scanning electron microscope (SEM).The experimentally measured tensile results were used to estimate the stress distribution in the bearing component,made of glass fiber reinforced polycarbonate (GFR-PC) composite,using three-dimensional finite element analysis (FEA).