Analysing the Mechanical Properties of Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Using FEA
Journal Title: International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Research Technology - Year 30, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Over the last thirty years composite materials such as polymer, alloys and ceramics have been the dominant emerging materials. The volume and number of applications of Composite materials have grown steadily, penetrating and conquering new markets relentlessly. Polymeric Materials Reinforced with Synthetic Fibers such as glass, carbon, and aramid provide advantages of high stiffness and high strength to weight ratio as compared to conventional materials, i.e. wood, concrete, and steel. Despite these advantages, the widespread use of synthetic Fiber-reinforced polymer composite has a tendency to decline because of their high-initial costs, their use in nonefficient structural forms and most importantly their adverse environmental impact. On the other hand, the increase in interest of using Natural Fibers as Reinforcement in plastics to substitute conventional synthetic fibers in some automobile applications has become one of the main concerns to study the potential of using natural Fibers as reinforcement for polymers. In the light of this, researchers have focused their attention on natural fiber composite (i.e., bio-composites) which are composed of natural or synthetic resins, reinforced with natural fibers. Accordingly, manufacturing of high-performance Engineering Materials from renewable resources has been pursued by researchers across the world owing to renewable raw materials are environmentally sound and do not cause health problem. The present work includes the Analysis of Hemp Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene and Kenaf Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites using FEA with various fiber volume fractions and to evaluate the best Tensile Property of the Composites under tensile load. This work is carried out to introduce a new class of polymer composite that might find many engineering applications.
Authors and Affiliations
A. Dyson Bruno*1
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP143299
- DOI -
- Views 68
- Downloads 0
Structuring DC Micro-Grid for Integrating Renewable Energy in a DC Load Dominant Electrical Environment
The present power system is established on the principle of alternating power that provides supply to the AC powered machine, but with the ongoing revolution in electronics industry, many smart devices are coming...
Image Segmentation using Enhanced K-means clustering with divide and Conquer Approach
This paper present image segmentation using Enhanced k-means clustering with divide and conquer approach. First we enhanced the k-means clustering and then segment the image using enhanced approach. K-means is on...
The Midrex Process and the Nigerian Steel Industry
The goal of producing steel in Nigeria from iron ore was made possible through the Midrex Process based Direct Reduction plant at the Delta Steel Company. The iron ore was originally imported from Liberia and its...
Multivariate Optimization of Conventional Spinning Process Parameters
Metal spinning is a forming process that allows production of hollow, axially symmetric sheet metal components. One of the main problems of the metal spun parts production is the design of the process plan in order to a...
Zero Gas Flaring, A Realistic Panacea For Robust Socio
Gas plays a major role in the economic development and energy security of any oil and gas producing nation. The current world gas reserve stands at 5302TCF while Nigeria gas reserve stands at about 187tcf (about 3...