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- Title
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HYBRID FIBER REINFORCED EPOXY COMPOSITES.
- Authors
R., SRINIVASAN; S., THIRUGNANAM
- Abstract
Natural fibers possess vital benefits, such as low density, required stiffness, high disposability, and renewability. Additionally, they are recyclable and biodegradable. Banana fiber is, a natural fiber, obtained from the pseudo-stem of banana plant. Banana fiber has very high cellulose content. Its cost is very low and it is extensively available. It can also be easily blended with any material to obtain desired properties. Hence, it becomes a suitable option as a reinforcing material in polymer composites. The materials epoxy, hardener, banana fiber, and nylon fiber, are used and hand layup method is adopted to manufacture the composite. In this research, Banana fiber is mixed as reinforcement with nylon fiber in epoxy polymer composite. The weight fraction of banana fiber is 20% and 30%. The tensile strength, flexural strength, flexural modulus, and impact properties are studied through relevant experiments. It is observed that the above mechanical properties of hybrid natural fiber composites were increased with an increase in banana fiber weight fraction following rule of mixtures.
- Subjects
NATURAL fibers; BIODEGRADABLE materials; CELLULOSE; NYLON fibers; EPOXY resins; FLEXURAL modulus
- Publication
i-manager's Journal on Mechanical Engineering, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 1, p32
- ISSN
2230-9055
- Publication type
Article