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1. The document outlines a dissertation project on molding and analyzing two glass fiber mats reinforced with epoxy resin. 2. The objectives are to fabricate and evaluate the mechanical properties of glass fiber reinforced epoxy composites, and study how nano fillers affect strength. 3. The plan of work includes literature review, design, molding, analysis, review, and submission over 5 months under the supervision of Mohannad Ali Saeed.

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1. The document outlines a dissertation project on molding and analyzing two glass fiber mats reinforced with epoxy resin. 2. The objectives are to fabricate and evaluate the mechanical properties of glass fiber reinforced epoxy composites, and study how nano fillers affect strength. 3. The plan of work includes literature review, design, molding, analysis, review, and submission over 5 months under the supervision of Mohannad Ali Saeed.

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Experimental Investigation, Analysis and

Comparison of Two Different Glass Fiber


Mat Reinforced with Epoxy Resin

DE ZG628T: Dissertation

by

Mohammed Imran S

2018HT30054

Dissertation work carried out at

Zamil Plastics, Saudi Arabia

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE


PILANI (RAJASTHAN)

December 2021
1. Broad Area of Work
Glass fibre reinforced polymer composites find widespread applications
these days in hostile environment due to their several advantages like high wear
resistance, strength-to-weight ratio, and low cost. The broad range of our project
include moulding, analysis, and comparison of the analysis of two different
GSM of glass fibre mat. The following are the sequence of operations for the
successful completion of dissertation
1. Moulding of glass fibre mat with resin
2. Analysis of the specimen
3. Comparison of specimen based on analysis results
2. Background
Polymers have generated wide interest in various engineering fields
including tribological applications, in view of their good strength and low
density as compared to monolithic metal alloys. Being lightweight they are the
most suitable materials for weight sensitive uses, but their high cost sometimes
becomes the limiting factor for commercial applications.
Use of low cost, easily available fillers is therefore useful to bring down
the cost of component. Study of the effect of such filler addition is necessary to
ensure that the mechanical properties of the composites are not affected
adversely by such addition.
3. Objectives
The objectives of the project are outlined below.
1. Fabrication of glass fibre reinforced epoxy-based hybrid composite
with/without filler content.
2. Evaluation of mechanical properties (tensile strength, flexural,
compression strength etc.)
3. Study of strength of the nano composite material to find the effective
functionalization of epoxy resin and fibre reinforced plastic.
4. Scope of work
1. The basic aim of the present work is to develop and characterize a new
class of composites with a polymer called epoxy-filler as the matrix and
glass fibre as the reinforcing material.
2. Their physical and mechanical characterization is done.
3. Mechanical strength of this new class of composites is investigated in this
project work.
4. This work is expected to introduce a new class of functional polymer
composites suitable for tribological applications.
5. Plan of Work
Phases Start Date- Work to be done
End Date
01 Aug 21 – 05 Literature Review and prepare
Dissertation Outline
Aug 2021 Dissertation Outline
Design & 06 Aug 2021 –
Design & Development Activity
Development 05 Sep 2021
Moulding & 06 Sep 2021 –
Analysis, Evaluation & Conclusion
Analysis 09 Sep 2021
Submit dissertation to Supervisor &
10 Sep 2021 –
Dissertation Review Additional Examiner for review
15 Nov 2021
and feedback
16 Nov 2021 – Final Review and submission of
Submission
23 Nov 2021 dissertation

6. Literature References
1. Katz H.S., Mileski J.V. Handbook of Fillers for Plastics, (1987),
November 30, A Von Nostrand Reihold book.
2. Mareri P. Bastide S. Binda N.; Crespy A. Mechanical Behaviour of
Polypropylene Composites Containing Fine Mineral Filler: Effect of
Filler Surface Treatment, Composites Science and Technology, 58(6),
(1998) 747-752.
3. Järvelä, P. A. and Järvelä, P. K. Multi-component compounding of
polypropylene, Journal of Materials Science, 31(14), (1996), 3853-3859.
4. Rusu, M, Sofian, N, Rusu, D. Mechanical and thermal properties of zinc
powder filled high density polyethylene composites , Polymer testing,
20(44), (2001) 409-417.
5. Stefan Barta , Jozef Bielek, Peter Dieska, Study of thermophysical and
mechanical properties of particulate composite polyethylene-CaCO3,
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 64(8) , (1997), 1525 – 1530.
6. Jang, B. Z. Advanced Polymer composites: principles and applications.
ASM International, (1994).
7. Gregory, S. W, Freudenberg K. D, Bhimaraj, P and Schadler, L.S.. A
study on the friction and wear behavior of PTFE filled with alumina
nanoparticles, Wear, 254, (2003):573–580.
8. Jung-il, K., Kang, P.H and Nho, Y.C.. Positive temperature coefficient
behavior of polymer composites having a high melting temperature, J
Appl Poly Sci., 92, (2004): 394–401.
7. Particulars of the Supervisor and Examiner
Phases Supervisor Additional Examiner
Name Mohannad Ali Saeed Vignesh
Bachelor’s in chemical
Qualification M. Tech CAD
Engg
Designation Operations Manager Assistant Professor
Employing Orgn Zamil Plastics, Saudi Jaya Sakthi Engineering
and Location Arabia College, Chennai
Phone No. (with
+966597782662 +917708981326
STD Code)
mohannad.saeed@zamil
Email Address [email protected]
plastic.com

8. Remarks of the Supervisor


The study and project seem very promising. The student had covered all
the relevant literature review. The project is holding the current domain of
research and justified the level of dissertation for master studies. The outcome
covered by the project seems very interesting and include all the state of arts in
today’s era of information science. The project also includes the user study on
the working prototype. This activity completely validates the research project.
This project also contains the prospect of publication in future.

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