Study on Flexural and ILSS Properties of Kenaf and E-Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites

Authors

  • Puttaswamy H C  PG Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore, India
  • Dr. H. N. Vidyasagar  Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore, India
  • Gajanan Kamble  PG Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore, India
  • Gangadhara H S  PG Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore, India
  • A. Giridharan  PG Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST229149

Keywords:

Nano particle, Kenaf, Flexural, ILSS (Inter laminar shear strength), SEM

Abstract

Natural fibers are extensively being used for the production of hybrid composites. Hybrid Nano composites can be developed by combining natural fiber/synthetic fibers with epoxy resin and nano filler. Nano particles are considered as high potential filler materials for the improvement of mechanical and physical properties of polymer composites. As the nano scale fillers materials are usually free of defects, hence, their applications in the field of polymer composites area set up new trends of prospect. In this study an effort has been made to produce new type of polymer matrix composite with epoxy as the matrix with graphene as the Nano filler and kenaf and glass fiber as the reinforcing material. The objective of this research work is to investigate the possible utilization of glass to the Kenaf, in Epoxy matrix composites with and without the reinforcement of nano filler and the effect of Nano filler to the kenaf and glass content on the physical and mechanical characterization will be examined. Therefore the hybrid nano composite, specimen with different weight percentage of graphene like 0% ,0.5%,1% and 1.5% graphene with kenaf/e-glass fibers are prepared and used to characterize Flexural and ILSS properties.The combination yielded good result with graphene Nano filler. The scanning electron microscopy(SEM) is utilized for the morphological investigation of the hybrid nano composite material.

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2022-03-30

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Puttaswamy H C, Dr. H. N. Vidyasagar, Gajanan Kamble, Gangadhara H S, A. Giridharan "Study on Flexural and ILSS Properties of Kenaf and E-Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites" International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011,Volume 9, Issue 2, pp.41-47, March-April-2022. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST229149