Assessment of Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Juniperus Drupacea/Epoxy Biocomposite

Abstract

This paper presents experimental data using estimated approach to determine some mechanical properties of epoxy matrix based composites. For this reason, the epoxy matrix was made composite with the powdered materials obtained from different parts of the juniperus drupacea seeds. In order to obtain a homogeneous structure ultrasonic mixing technique was preferred. As an experimental estimation approach, the Taguchi method that is an alternative way to characterize complex composite structures, to come from above the problems and to investigate the effects of test parameters-factors by performing a few experiments was used. In the study, the L9 Taguchi orthogonal array has been preferred. Based on some production conditions; bio-reinforcement material has lowered the average hardness value to 4.22 and formed a more soft structure in addition to improving the tensile strength value by 46% compared to the neat sample. Parametric study showed that; the most important parameter affecting hardness and tensile strength are the mixing time and reinforcement ratio, respectively.

Influence of ecological Juniperus Drupacea cone powder on mechanical and physical properties of fiber-reinforced composite friction materials

“…For all fiber types, the tensile strength decreased as the JDCP ratio increased. These results may be explained by the relatively low tensile strength of JDCP, considering mechanical properties obtained on 1 wt.%, 5 wt.% and 10 wt.% JDCP filled epoxy composites produced by Tasyurek and Aras [31]. The effects of fiber types on tensile strength in all JDCP filling ratios are given in Fig.…”

“…In the case of multi-component composites, it is known that the ratio of filler has a profound effect on the mechanical, wear, and physical properties of composite materials. However, no studies related to JDCP filled CFM in the literature except for the studies [2,31,32] that Aras was involved in. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effects on density, hardness, liquid absorption, wear resistance, friction coefficient, the tensile strength of JDCP filled CFMs.…”