ACTUAL RATIO OF COW BONE, SNAIL SHELL AND EPOXY RESIN MATERIAL COMPOSITE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AUTOMOBILE FRONT FENDER

Materials Engineering

The study, actual ratio of cow bone, snail shell and epoxy resin material composite for the production of automobile front fender was successfully carried out. The cow bones and snail shells gathered, was cleaned, washed, sun dried and grounded to size to reduce impurity and moisture content. The grounded particles were sieved using standard sieve to achieve finer grains. Manual weighing balance was used to weigh materials into variable masses and was used to establish optimal levels using MATLAB software and 3D surface graphical interactions. Results showed that the best maximum real root of the polynomial model generated was 1.1903N/mm2 and this represented the optimal impact strength for the material mixture. 3D surface interactions and optimization of the model for the three materials required for production of the automobile front fender part suggested that the optimal values for actual material mixture ratio is 12.5kg of cow bone, 24kg of snail shell and 36kg of Epoxy Resin. It was also observed that the use of cow bone, snail shell and epoxy resin as composite materials for the production of automobile front fender have several advantages such as light weight, high impact strength against accident collision, zero yielding. Researchers recommended based on the study; that the use of actual material ratio in fender production would improve performance or functional properties of the automobile front fender.

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