The composite manufacturing has been a wide area of research and it is the preferred choice due to its superior properties like low density, stiffness, light weight and possesses better mechanical properties. This has found its wide applications in aerospace, automotive, marine and sporting industries. There has been continuous lookout for synthesizing composites without compromising on the mechanical and physical properties. In this research, fiber reinforced composites were prepared with jute fibers of fiber length 5-6 mm. The resins used in this study are polyester and epoxy. The composites were synthesized at 18:82 fiber-resin weight percentages. The prepared composites were tested to study the mechanical properties of the composite such as tensile strength, flexural strength, impact strength and hardness. The results show that the jute reinforced epoxy composite exhibited better mechanical properties than Jute-polyester composite. © 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Senthil Kumar M

Department of Automotive Engineering

School of Mechanical Engineering

Vellore Campus

Gopinath A

Elayaperumal A.

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Procedia Engineering

Materials Today Communications

Viscoelastic and mechanical behaviour of reduced graphene oxide and zirconium dioxide filled jute/epoxy composites at different temperature conditions

Recently, environment and sustainability issues have arisen which resulting in remarkable achievements for green technology in the field of material production. Pertaining to this research, food tray table that are used in in-flight galley service is currently facing an environmental issue in regard of the use of non-degradable resources as the main element in food tray table production. Hence, this research is attempting an effort to propose a newly developed material, which has the element of natural fiber in hybrid composites consist of jute (J), kenaf (K) and fiberglass (FG) for food tray table with less sustainability issues. This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the mechanical properties consist of tensile and low-velocity impact properties on hybrid composites. The aim of this research is to investigate the dynamic response of the hybrid composites under low velocity impact energy, as well as to analyze the experimental data for damage characterization from the tensile and impact testing. Hybrid composites with four different configurations (FG-K-J-K-FG, FG-K-K-K-FG, FG-J-J-J-FG, FG-J-K-J-FG) is fabricating for 5 layers in the first stage, subject to the tensile testing. Meanwhile in the second stage, the best two configurations out of the four are subjecting to low-velocity impact with circular steel impactor at various energy levels from 10J to 40J. The results show that the FG-J-J-J-FG and FG-J-K-J-FG configurations of the specimens possess 90% better mechanical properties compared to FG-K-J-K-FG and FG-K-K-K-FG configurations in hybrid composites. Meanwhile, FG-J-J-J-FG is showing the best configuration for the newly develop material in impact test. In conclusion, these hybrid composites are viable to extend into a newly develop material for further investigation. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd.

Materials Today: Proceedings

Hybrid Composites Based On Kenaf, Jute, Fiberglass Woven Fabrics: Tensile And Impact Properties

Evaluation of Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Polyester and Epoxy Resin Matrices Reinforced with Jute, E-glass and coconut Fiber

The disposal of used automobiles tyres is a major environmental concern of the day. Annually, there are 1.2 billion tyres seeking disposal issues globally. Concrete as a major construction material can potentially adopt processed rubber waste—derived from tyres as a partial replacement for aggregates. The present study is focused on mechanical and thermal properties of concretes with rubber as partial replacement to well-graded conventional aggregates. The study includes replacement of 10, 20, 30 and 100% of coarse aggregate with waste tyre aggregates and was compared with conventional M30 grade concrete. Concretes were subjected a thermal cyclic heating of 50 °C for a period of 7 days. The results showed that the weight of the rubber concrete is reduced by 12% compared to the conventional concrete and the strength of the concrete reduces with the increase in rubber content. At ambient temperatures, the rubber concrete was found thermally stable. The compressive strengths were found increasing after cyclic heating of 50 °C for a period of 7 days. This effect may be due the effect of Portland pozzolana cement which has 30% of fly ash in it. From this study, it can be concluded that rubber waste concretes can be a potential candidate for structural and non-load bearing structures at ambient temperatures. © 2019, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering

On Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Concretes with Rubber as Partial Replacement to Well-Graded Conventional Aggregates

A work has carried out to estimate the probable range of tensile and flexure strength of a Jute/Polyester composite. The composite specimens of different thickness and different fiber volume fractions were studied. The composite of 4.1 mm thick 24.39% fiber volume fraction has shown highest tensile strength and 3.48 mm thick 15.62% fiber volume fraction has shown highest flexural strength. Both these mechanical properties of Jute/Polyester composite follow normal distribution is also presented. More than 95% probable range of tensile strength of 4.1 mm thick 24.39% fiber volume fraction and flexural strength of 3.48 mm thick 15.62% fiber volume fraction are between 33.5 MPa to 42.0 MPa and 190 MPa to 275 MPa respectively. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd.

Probabilistic Study of Tensile and Flexure Properties of Untreated Jute Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composite

Open Journal of Composite Materials

Production and Properties of Short Jute and Short E-Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene-Based Composites

Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering

Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Jute Fabrics Reinforced Polyethylene/Polypropylene Composites: Role of Gamma Radiation

Study on the Physico-Mechanical Properties of Starch-Treated Jute Yarn-Reinforced Polypropylene Composites: Effect of Gamma Radiation

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Recent Development in Natural Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Composites

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology

Interface and mechanical properties of Natural Fibres reinforced composites: a review

Experimental Investigations on Mechanical Properties Of Jute Fiber Reinforced Composites with Polyester and Epoxy Resin Matrices

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