Prediction of Mechanical Properties and Morphological Characterization of the Reinforced Hybrid Natural Fiber Polymer Composites using the Bidirectional Sisal Fiber and Woven Jute

International Journal of Mechanical Engineering

© 2018 by SSRG - IJME Journal

Volume 5 Issue 5

Year of Publication : 2018

Authors : Mukesh Kumar, Anish Sachdeva, Sehijpal Singh, Amrinder Singh Pannu

10.14445/23488360/IJME-V5I5P105

How to Cite?

Mukesh Kumar, Anish Sachdeva, Sehijpal Singh, Amrinder Singh Pannu, "Prediction of Mechanical Properties and Morphological Characterization of the Reinforced Hybrid Natural Fiber Polymer Composites using the Bidirectional Sisal Fiber and Woven Jute," SSRG International Journal of Mechanical Engineering, vol. 5,  no. 5, pp. 27-31, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488360/IJME-V5I5P105

Abstract:

The demands on material performance are so great and diverse that no one material can satisfy them, e.g., lightweight yet strong & stiff structure. Composite material offers the advantage of a flexible design that can be tailored to the design requirements. While comparing metals like steel & aluminum with composites, the composites show the better results such as comparison by weight composites are much lighter and have low thermal expansion than other two metals and similarly in case of stiffness &. Composite materials have picked up fame in superior products that should be lightweight yet sufficiently strong enough to take cruel stacking. Carbon composite is a basic material in today's dispatch vehicles and shuttle. Composite materials also manufacture many aerospace parts due to their relevant properties and cheaper than metals. It is generally used in solar board substrates, antenna reflectors, and burdens of the rocket.
Different synthetic fibers like nylon, glass, polyester, and carbon are mainly utilized to reinforce plastics composites. Natural and bio-degradable products are a good replacement for the high-cost materials. The role of composite materials in the field of engineering is gradually increasing. The composite consists of mainly two phases, i.e., matrix and fiber.
This study evaluates mechanical properties such as impact strength of hybrid sisal/jute reinforced epoxy composites. The composite samples are prepared by hand lay-up and compression molding technique. The hybrid composites of sisal/jute are fabricated with various weight ratios (100/0, 70/30, 50/50, 30/70, and 0/100) at 20% and 30% overall fiber fraction. The results showed that the hybrid fiber composites performed better than non-hybrid fiber reinforced epoxy composites. Structural analysis was carried out to check fracture behavior and fiber pull out of the samples using a scanning electron microscope

Keywords:

Hybrid, Mechanical Properties, morphological characterization, and Compression Molding

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