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Processing and characterization of natural fiber-lycra composite reinforced with epoxy resin
G.S. Harane,
Published in Asian Research Publishing Network
2014
Volume: 9
   
Issue: 5
Pages: 687 - 691
Abstract
As the name suggests composite material are formed by combining two or more constituents at macroscopic level. Fiber reinforced polymer composites have acquired a dominant place in variety of applications because of their high specific strength and modulus. The fiber which serves as reinforcement may be synthetic or natural; while matrix material binds the fibers together can be thermoset or thermoplastic resins. The use of synthetic fibers (glass, aramid, boron etc.) in composites tends to affect environment, on the other hand natural fibers (Coir, jute, flax etc.) are environmentally superior to synthetic fibers. The present work includes the processing and characterization of natural fibers with small percentage of cotton-lycra and epoxy resin (thermoset resin). Cotton knitted fabric with 5% lycra was used along with natural fiber to obtain certain elastic property. Compression molding technique was used for composite manufacturing. Natural composites have wide variety of applications from automobile industry to sporting goods industry, production conveyer systems&also in strong infrastructure for roads, airport etc. A comparison was carried out between the properties of jute, jute-lycra and jute-coir-lycra composites. © 2006-2014 Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN).
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JournalARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
PublisherAsian Research Publishing Network
ISSN18196608