Faculty of Engineering - Department of Industrial

Investigation of erosion behaviour of fiber reinforced composite (GRPs) materials is a
significant research problem. Erosion wear is a major cause of failure of mechanical
components especially in pipelines applications, such as the oil and gas industry, water
transportation, industrial drainage, etc. The present work is undertaken to study the
development, characterization and erosion wear performance of polyester resin reinforced
with E-glass woven fiber. Focus will be on glass fiber reinforcements as the major type of
fiber materials due to cost efficiency and high mechanical properties. In order to perform the
desired study, first a detailed literature review was performed to investigate the different types
of resins, reinforcement fibers, erosion test machines, and test conditions available for FRPs.
Full design calculations, manufacturing steps and CAD drawing of the tester were performed
to ensure the required functionality of tests Slurry erosion testing was chosen as the most
relevant type of study for the above-mentioned applications. A slurry erosion tester was
designed and manufactured this work to allow the investigation of the erosion behaviour of
chosen material using silica sand of 500μm as erodent at different impact angles 30, 45, 60
and 90 at constant test duration of 1.5 hours. Moreover; erosion test was performed at
different distances between nozzle and tested material at 3, 6, 10, 12 cm with the same test
duration. . Erosion test was performed on the samples at different impact velocity of 10,
13,16,18,20 m/sec. Erosion test was performed in each parameter with repetition factor equals