Fabrication and Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Sisal, Jute & Okra Natural Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Polymer Composites

I.V.Surendra; K.Venkateswara Rao; K.V.P.P.Chandu

doi:https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V19P220

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Volume 19 | Number 1 | Year 2015 | Article Id. IJETT-V19P220 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V19P220

Fabrication and Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Sisal, Jute & Okra Natural Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Polymer Composites

I.V.Surendra , K.Venkateswara Rao , K.V.P.P.Chandu

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I.V.Surendra , K.Venkateswara Rao , K.V.P.P.Chandu, "Fabrication and Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Sisal, Jute & Okra Natural Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Polymer Composites," International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 116-120, 2015. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V19P220

Abstract

The main objective of this thesis is to fabricate and investigate mechanical properties of sisal natural fibre reinforced polymer composite and hybrid (sisal + jute + okra) natural fibre reinforced polymer composite. Hybrid composite is fabricated by adding 35% of sisal, 35% of jute and 30% of okra fibre. Mechanical properties such as Tensile properties (tensile strength, tensile modulus), Flexural properties (Flexural strength, Flexural modulus), Impact strength when subjected to varying weights of fibre (0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.6, 2 grams) were determined.

Keywords

Hybrid composite, Sisal, jute, Okra, Polymer Composites.

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