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In this study the abrasive wear behaviour and mechanical behaviour of glass fibre reinforced epoxy (G-E) ,Nano Silicon dioxide filled with G-E (SiO2-G-E) and Nano Aluminium oxide filled with G-E (Al2O3-G-E) composites have been carried out by using a rubber wheel abrasion test (RWAT) , Pin-on-disc test , along with Tensile strength test, Impact strength test and hardness test. Samples of G-E with 0%, 5%, 10% and 15wt% content of SiO2 and Al2O3 were tested under different loads and abrading distances. Also, conventional weighing of specimen, determination of wear volume of the specimen, specific wear rate of the specimen, and examination of the worn surface morphological features by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were done. The results showed varied responses under different abrading distance because of the inclusion of different wt% of SiO2 and Al2O3 filler loading. Further, the test results show that glass fabric reinforcement obviously improves the strength of epoxy and glass fabric- Al2O3 exhibits a synergistic effect on the wear resistance and reinforcing epoxy simultaneously. Further, it was also noticed that G-E composite wear is reduced to a greater extent by addition of the Nano fillers ofSiO2 and further more by Al2O3,selected mechanical properties such as hardness, tensile strength, and elongation at fracture were analysed for investigating wear property correlations.