@inproceedings{b957b729cfd64debb9a9317e4a123896,
title = "Tribological response of cenosphere/epoxy syntactic foams",
abstract = "Fly ash cenospheres are generated in thermal power plants as waste materials. Use of these waste materials in beneficial applications is desired. The present work deals with developing syntactic foams with fly ash cenospheres filled in epoxy resin matrix. Such syntactic foams can be used as core materials in sandwich composites. The fabricated syntactic foams are evaluated for dry sliding wear behavior. Sliding velocity and filler content were the study parameters, effects of which were analyzed on wear rate. Specimens were prepared with 10, 30 and 50 wt. % cenospheres for the study. Sliding against hardened ground steel on a pin-on disc wear testing machine was conducted. The experimental results and subsequent analysis showed that the addition of cenospheres as filler material in epoxy matrix considerably increases the wear resistance of the composites. The craters on the specimen surface due to presence of cenospheres play important role in the wear process.",
author = "V. Manakari and G. Parande and K. Bafna and M. Doddamani and N. Gupta",
note = "Funding Information: This work was funded by the Office of Naval Research grant N00014-10-1-0988 and NSF award IIA-1445686. The views and conclusions contained in this publication are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as presenting the official policies or position, either expressed or implied, of the ONR or the U. S. Government unless so designated by other authorized documents. Citation of manufacturers' or trade names does not constitute an official endorsement or approval of the use notwithstanding any copyright notation hereon. Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2015 by DEStech Publications, Inc. and American Society for Composites. All rights reserved.; 30th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites, ASC 2015 ; Conference date: 28-09-2015 Through 30-09-2015",
year = "2015",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the American Society for Composites - 30th Technical Conference, ACS 2015",
publisher = "DEStech Publications",
editor = "Xinran Xiao and Dahsin Liu and Alfred Loos",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the American Society for Composites - 30th Technical Conference, ACS 2015",
}