Investigation of Mechanical Behavior of Bagasse (Sugarcane) - Aloevera as Hybrid Natural Fibre Composites
Journal Title: International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET) - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 10
Abstract
Natural fibres have attracted the researchers for their low cost, ease of availability, high tensile strength, low thermal expansion, high strength to weight ratio and bio-degradability. The present work aims at developing hybrid natural fibres based polymer composite material. The reinforcement used are powdered aleovera and sugarcane bagasse with epoxy resin as a matrix. The specimens were prepared by changing volume fraction and were tested for mechanical properties such as tensile, flextural and impact energy. The composite consisting of 35% vol. of aloevera and sugarcane bagasse has shown the maximum tensile strength (16.412 N/mm2) as compared with 40% vol. of aloevera and sugarcane bagasse (11.213 N/mm2), 30% vol. of aloevera and sugarcane bagasse (14.332 N/mm2) and 25% vol. of aloevera and sugarcane bagasse (15.431 N/mm2). The flexural strength was found to be higher in case of 25% vol. of aloevera and sugarcane bagasse (38.548 MPa) as compared with 40% vol. of aloevera and sugarcane bagasse (33.524 MPa), 35% vol. of aloevera and sugarcane bagasse (29.76 MPa) and 30% vol. of aloevera and sugarcane bagasse (30.157 MPa). The impact energy in case of 25% vol. of aloevera and sugarcane bagasse (0.35 J) is found to be higher than 35% vol. of aloevera and sugarcane bagasse (0.30 J), 40% vol. of aloevera and sugarcane bagasse (0.25 J) and 30% vol. of aloevera and sugarcane bagasse (0.20 J). The present result would be helpful in developing new natural hybrid composites.
Authors and Affiliations
R G Padmanabhan, M. Ganapathy
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