Paper Key : IRJ************933
Author: Chethan S
Date Published: 05 Jan 2025
Abstract
The goal of this essay is to weigh the benefits and drawbacks of the modern composition used to make composite brake blocks at the Central Railway Workshop in Mysuru, India. The main goal is to create a composite material with the greatest ingredients for use in railway brake blocks, with a focus on replacing asbestos with ferrosilicon and short glass fiber. Glass fibers in five different quantities have been added to phenol formaldehyde matrix composites. Hardness, compression, and flexural characteristics of phenolic-based composites with glass and ferrosilicon reinforcements differed significantly, indicating that the reinforcements were more compatible with the phenolic matrix. However, as ferrosilicon loading increased, declining trends were noted in the impact strength of all the composites.