• Pratik Hanamantrao Patil
• M. M. Khot

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is thermoplastic in nature with very attractive properties. It has very low friction coefficient, wide range of service temperature, high flammability resistance and chemical resistance. But its use limited due to low strength and wear resistance. This limitation is overcome by manufacturing composite material of particulate reinforced PTFE. This work deals with use of boron carbide as a filler to improve mechanical and tribological properties of pure PTFE. Numerical analysis carried out with the help of Digimat and ABAQUS software. Digimat software used in order to generate the FE model of the composite RVE and also to calculate homogenized properties of PTFE with boron carbide. For verification of homogenization properties along with Digimat also SwiftComp software is used. The effect of filler content on mechanical properties of PTFE composite are calculated by using Digimate software. Boron carbide with PTFE nanocomposite manufactured by using preforming and sintering process. The mechanical and tribological properties are calculated experimentally by using UTM and pin on disc setup.

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), Digimat, Homogenization, Boron carbide, Representative volume element (RVE).

"Effect of Boron Carbide Filler on Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Polytetrafluoroethylene Based Nanocomposite ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 9, page no.225-230, September-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2009234.pdf

"Effect of Boron Carbide Filler on Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Polytetrafluoroethylene Based Nanocomposite ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 9, page no. pp225-230, September-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2009234.pdf