Comparative Investigation on Mechanical Properties of Natural Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composites

Muthukumar, Vidya; Venkatasamy, R.; Mariselvam, V.; Sureshbabu, A. R.; Senthilkumar, N.; Fernando, A. Antony George

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.592-594.92

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“…Mechanical testing of natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites is quite essential to determine its tensile strength, flexural strength, impact strength, hardness and water absorption property. Numerous studies have been carried out on mechanical testing on natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites [6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Mechanical properties of natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites depend on various factors such as type of fiber, fiber-to-matrix ratio, stacking sequence of fiber, fiber orientation, manufacturing method and number of layers.…”

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Design and Fabrication of Car Door Panel Using Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites

Prasad

Kumar

Sai

et al. 2020

Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering

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For a lot of years, extensive research was carried on the use of natural fibers in automotive sector to meet the environmental regulations as well as to increase the profit margins of company. Natural fibers being of low cost, recyclable and lightweight provide industry with the best alternative for traditional materials such as steel, aluminum and synthetic fiber. Applications such as car door panels, sun visors, seat covers and rearview mirrors have provided excellent scope for usage of natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites. Various car manufacturers have successfully implemented natural fiber-reinforced polymers in some of their car models in recent years and have yielded desirable results in terms of lightness, cost saving and reduction of environmental pollution. Various factors such as combinations of fibers, layer sequence, fiber-to-matrix ratio and manufacturing method influence the properties of the composite specimens. The natural fibers used are flax, hemp and kenaf. Epoxy is selected as a matrix material. Hand layup method was used to fabricate the specimens as well the car door panel. The mechanical testing was carried out to determine the tensile strength, flexural strength, hardness and impact strength according to ASTM standards. The composite with most desirable mechanical properties is chosen to fabricate the final car door panel. This paper also discusses about the optimization of influencing parameters for drilling the natural fiber-reinforced epoxy plate using Taguchi method. Spindle speed, feed rate and drill bit diameter are selected as input parameters. These parameters which influence the thrust force are measured by using drill tool dynamometer.

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Design and Fabrication of Car Door Panel Using Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites

Prasad

Kumar

Sai

et al. 2020

Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering

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“…L1 was shown to be more attractive than L3 (Sanjay & Yogesha, 2016). Muthukumar et al (2014) fabricated three concentrations: jute/glass fiber composite; sisal/glass composite and kenaf/glass composite. Sisal/glass fiber combination flexural strength 3.4 time greater than others.…”

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Adsorption mechanism of E‐glass fiber/Aluminum particles/MWCNT filled epoxy matrix polymer composite in electronic applications

Senthilkumar

Naveen

2023

Environmental Quality Mgmt

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The main objective of the research is developed toward adsorption electronic devices (Interface material) with the performance examined by the physical, mechanical, and thermal properties of the E‐glass fiber reinforced with the epoxy composite and particulate dispersed into the matrix in partial fulfillment of tiny amount of aluminum powder particles and MWCNT. Composite membranes with 15 wt.% E‐glass fiber and 2 wt.%, 4 wt.%, and 6 wt.% fine aluminum powder particle concentrations were partially filled with 0 wt.%, 0.5 wt.%, and 1.0 wt.% MWCNTs. Vacuum lay‐up technique is used to create the better adhesive hybrid composite, which is then assessed of the characteristics of the materials. The maximum thermal conductivity of EAEM2 (E‐Epoxy, A‐Aluminum particle, E‐E‐glass fiber, M‐MWCNT) is 0.3057 W/mK. The tensile, bending, and impact strengths of EAEM1 composites are higher than those of EAEM2 and EAEM3 (average values of EAEM1 composites: 86 MPa, 123.33 MPa, and 90.66 J/m2). However, the Shore‐D hardness of EAEM3 is 95.33. The test findings demonstrate a significant improvement in thermal properties with minimal marginal decrements in mechanical capabilities when carbon allotropes are increased. The composite system's morphology (EAEM3) demonstrates a clustered distribution of aluminum powder particles in the matrix.

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“…Prater et al [8] evaluated how the chosen harder tool materials effects in the tool wear in the FSW of MMCs while considering O1 steel, cemented carbide tool having micrograin and as well as submicrograin varieties and diamond coated WC-Co as tool materials. Apart from applying aluminum based MMC in specific applications, many research had developed newer natural composites [9] and polymer composites [10] with enhanced properties for engineering applications. In this work, cast Al6061/20%SiC/2%MoS 2 MMC is processed in friction stir welding to study the effects of process parameters, direction of tool rotation and tool rotation speed on metallurgical and mechanical behavior of the cast MMC.…”

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Parametric Influence of Friction Stir Welding on Cast Al6061/20%SiC/2%MoS<sub>2</sub> MMC Mechanical Properties

Bhojan¹,

Senthilkumar²

2016

AMM

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In this work, effect of tool speed and direction of tool rotation of friction stir welding (FSW) process on the cast MMC is analyzed. Aluminum 6061 alloy reinforced with 20% silicon carbide particles added with 2% molybdenum disulphate is prepared by die casting process. Macro and micro-structural analysis is performed to study the size and shape of the constituents, to discover the defects associated with stir welding and quality of weld. Micro-hardness observations are carried out on the parent metal, FSW zone and heat affected zone. It is observed that FSW with high speeds develops higher hardness and most of the higher hardness value occurs in in the order of FSW welding zone, center zone and heat affected zone, and also hardness value of clockwise tool rotation is greater than anti-clockwise tool rotation.

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Comparative Investigation on Mechanical Properties of Natural Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composites

Cited by 15 publications

References 9 publications

Design and Fabrication of Car Door Panel Using Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites

Design and Fabrication of Car Door Panel Using Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites

Adsorption mechanism of E‐glass fiber/Aluminum particles/MWCNT filled epoxy matrix polymer composite in electronic applications

Parametric Influence of Friction Stir Welding on Cast Al6061/20%SiC/2%MoS<sub>2</sub> MMC Mechanical Properties

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