COMPARITIVE STUDY ON MECHANICAL AND THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF GLASS FIBER REINFORCED EPOXY BASED COMPOSITES WITH Sic & Tio

This work deals with preparation of epoxy composites with high content of micro-fillers up to 10 wt%. Experimental thermal conductivity tests are evaluated in each specimen and compared with FEM Analysis. This study was mainly focused on spherical particles of Silicon Carbide (SiC) and titanium oxide (Tio2) micro-fillers separately in an effective way to enhance both thermal conductivity and sufficient mechanical endurance. A numerical solution using finite element package ANSYS will be used to explain heat transfer process within epoxy matrix filled with micro silicon carbide particles and titanium oxide separately and its effective thermal conductivity values are validated with experimental results and theoretical model correlations