Coconut waste fiber used as brake pad reinforcement polymer composite and compared to standard Kevlar‐based brake pads to produce an asbestos free brake friction material

• DOI: 10.1002/pc.26472
• Publication Date: 2022-01-05T11:50:43Z
• Authors: Sarafat Ali; Naresh Kumar; Jasmaninder Singh...; Vikas Thakur; Kwok Wing Chau; Mukesh Kumar
• Keywords: Brake pad; Kevlar; Natural fiber

Abstract The awareness of eco‐friendly materials has increased the demand for natural fibers. Natural fibers have many advantages over other like short growing time, easy availability, cheap, and with good mechanical properties. WHO announced that trending side effects on environment human beings. Asbestos been already a proven cause cancers. In this research Coconut fiber, fiber used in brake pad as friction material. different percentage 2‐8 wt% was to develop new samples compared standard material (Kevlar 2%–4%). results physic‐mechanical properties reveal tensile modulus, ultimate compressive strength, impact energy, flexural strength were showing performance at 2% polymer composites matrix, shear proof 6% contents composites. Thermal stability increases contents.