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The developments in the field of composite materials are phenomenal. The use of natural fibers in the field of composite material is gaining importance. This is due to the advantages of natural fibers: they are eco-friendly, easily available, non-abrasive and cost effective. The combination of natural fiber with Glass fibers is used widely in many applications. In the current investigation Banana – Bamboo – Glass fiber reinforced composites is fabricated by Hand – Layup technique with varying fiber orientation and is tested for its tensile strength and the combination that would yield the best tensile strength is identified by using Taguchi Method.

Composite materials are preferred in all engineering applications, because of their superior properties over the traditional materials. Among composite materials, Natural fiber reinforced polymer finds rapid development in industrial applications and many areas of research. In this paper, thermal properties of Sisal-Glass fiber reinforced epoxy composites are studied to assess the influence of different fiber orientation. Thermal properties of the composite are analyzed using Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA) to investigate the influence of change in fiber orientation.

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