VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, BELAGAVI-18

Project Phase – Ⅱ (17MEP85) report

On
“INVESTIGATIONS ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF
NANO PARTICLES FILLED GFRP NANO COMPOSITES”

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of

Bachelor of Engineering
In
Mechanical Engineering
By
Anil Kuntoji Anup Betageri
4UB18ME401 4UB18ME402
Manjunath Jantli Sandeepa B
4UB18ME409 4UB18ME418

Govinda
4UB17ME020

Under the Guidance of

Annappa A R
Assistant Professor

2020-21

Department of Mechanical Engineering

University BDT College of Engineering
Davangere-577004, Karnataka
INDIA
 DECLARATION
We, Anil Kuntoji (4UB18ME401), Anup Betageri (4UB18ME402), Manjunath Jantli

(4UB18ME409), Sandeepa B (4UB18ME418), Govinda (4UB17ME020) students of VII

Semester, of Department OF Mechanical Engineering, University BDT College of

Engineering, Davangere, hereby declare that the dissertation work entitled “Investigation

on Mechanical Properties of Nanoparticles Filled GFRP Nano Composites”, is an

authentic record of the work that will be carried out by me under the guidance of

Mr. ANNAPPA A R, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,

University BDT College of Engineering, Davangere. This dissertation work is submitted to

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi in partial fulfillment of the requirement

for the award of Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering during the academic

year 2020-21.

I further declare that to the best of our knowledge the work reported here in does not form

in part or full of any other thesis or dissertation on the basis of which degree or award was

conferred on an earlier occasion of this or any other candidate in this or any other university.

Date:

Place: Davangere

Sign of Project work team members

Anil Kuntoji 4UB18ME401 :

Anup Betageri 4UB18ME402 :

Manjunath Jantli 4UB18ME409 :

Sandeepa B 4UB18ME418 :

Govinda 4UB17ME020 :
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I sincerely owe my gratitude to all the persons who helped and guided me in this
technical seminar report.

I would to thank Mr. Annappa A R, Assistant professor, Department of Mechanical

Engineering, for his valuable guidance, constant assistance and constructive
suggestions for the effectiveness of this report, without which this report would have
not been possible.

My special thanks to Dr. Irappa Sogalad, Chairman, Department of Mechanical

Engineering, for his unflagging support and continuous encouragement throughout
the project.

I am thankful to Dr. Mallikarjun S Holi, Principal, University BDT College of

Engineering, Davangere without his help this report would have been a dream.

I would also like to thank all our teaching and technical staff who has always been
with us extending their precious suggestions, guidance and encouragement
throughout the report.

Anil Kuntoji 4UB18ME401

Anup Betageri 4UB18ME402

Manjunath Jantli 4UB18ME409

Sandeepa B 4UB18ME418

Govinda 4UB17ME020
 ABSTRACT
In the recent years, Polymer nanocomposites have been widely used in automotive and packing
industries. In the present work effect of combination of hard and soft nanoparticles on
mechanical properties of GFRP nanocomposites was investigated. The tensile and flexural test
was carried out to evaluate of mechanical properties of as per ASTM standards. The results
reveled that GE-Ⅰ nanocomposite has shown highest increased in tensile and flexural properties
as compare to GE-0 composite. It may be due to inclusion of hard nanoparticles on better
dispersion of nanoparticles in matrix results in development of good interfacial bonding
between fiber and matrix. However, decrease in mechanical properties in GE-Ⅱ nanocomposite
as compared to GE-Ⅰ is attributed to poor dispersion and agglomeration of nanoparticles.
 CONTENTS
SL No. CHAPTERS Page No
1.0 INTRODUCTION OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL 1
1.1 Advantages Of Composite Material 2
1.2 Disadvantages Of Composite Material 3
1.3 Application Of Composite Material 3
1.4 Classification Of Composite Material 5
1.4.1 Polymer Metrix Composites 5
1.4.2 Metal Metrix Composites 6
1.4.3 Ceramic Metrix Composites 6
1.5 Polymer Metrix Composites 6
1.6 Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites 8
1.6.1 Advantages Of PMC’s 9
1.6.2 Disadvantages Of PMC’s 10
1.6.3 Applications Of PMC’s 10
1.7 Polymer Nano Composites 11
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 12
2.1 Problem Statement 16
2.2 Objectives 16
3.0 EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS 17
3.1 Materials 17
3.2 Matrix Epoxy Resin 17
3.3 Reinforcement- Glass Fiber 17
3.4 Fillers 18
3.4.1 Aluminium Oxide Nanoparticles 18
3.4.2 Silicon Carbide Nanoparticles 19
3.4.3 Molybdenum Disulfide Nanoparticles 19
3.4.4 Graphite Nanoparticles 20
3.5 Composite Preparation 21
 3.5.1 Dispersion 21
3.5.2 Hand Layup Technique 21
3.5.3 Matrix Preparation 22
3.5.4 Fabrication Of Composite Material 23
3.6 Tensile Test 24
3.7 Flexural Test 25
4.0 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 26
4.1 Tensile Test and Tensile Modulus 26
4.2 Flexural Test and Flexural Modulus 27
Conclusions 31
References 32
 LIST OF TABLES
SL No. Figures Page No.
1 Aluminium Oxide Nanoparticles 18
2 Silicon Carbide Nanoparticles 19
3 Molybdenum Disulfide Nanoparticles 20
4 Graphite Nanoparticles 20
5 Hand Layup Technique 22
6 Rolling Technique 22
7 Nanoparticles Weighing 22
8 Matrix Preparation 22
9 Fabricated Composite Material 23
10 UTM Setup 24
11 Tensile Test Specimen 24
12 Flexural Setup 25
13 Flexural Specimen 25
14 Variations Of Ultimate Tensile Strength Values Of Ge- 28
Nanocomposites
15 Variations Of Young’s Modulus Values Of Ge- Nanocomposites 29
16 Variations Of Flexural Strength Values Of Ge Composites 29
17 Variations Of Flexural Modulus Values Of Ge Composites 30
 LIST OF TABLES
SL No. Tables Page No.
1 Specification of Al2O3 18
2 Specification of SiC 19
3 Specification of MoS2 20
4 Specification of Gr 20
5 Composite code and volume fraction of the GE nanoparticles 28
6 Mechanical properties of GE nanocomposites 28