PERFORMANCE OF ASBESTOS-FILLED RESIN COMPOSITES PART I: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

MOUSTAFA, A. A-F.; KIIATTAB, A. A.; QASHQOUSH, I. I.

doi:10.21608/amme.1986.56992

PERFORMANCE OF ASBESTOS-FILLED RESIN COMPOSITES PART I: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Associate Professor, Mech. Design Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.

² Assistant Professor, Mech. Design Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.

³ Post graduate student, Mech. Design Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.

10.21608/amme.1986.56992

Abstract

Brake linings for modern saloon cars are formulated from asbestos fibres as a reinforcement, phynolic formaldehyde resin as a binder, and different fillers to modify the different properties of the linings. To study the effect of every constituent on the mechanical properties, different formulations were produced with different asbestos-resin content ratio and the mechanical proper-ties, mainly, the ultimate tensile strength, impact strength, hardness, and the compressive strength were measured. Definite dependency of the mechanical properties of such formulations on the asbestos-resin weight ratio was noticed.