Effect of Fiber Length and Weight on Tensile Response of Natural Fiber Reinforced Composite

Abstract

Fiber reinforced polymer composites have been used in a variety of applications because of their many advantages such as relatively low cost of production, easy fabrication etc., . Reinforcement in polymer is either synthetic or natural. Synthetic fiber such as glass, carbon etc. have high specific strength but their fields of application are limited due to higher cost of production, and due to their non biodegradability. Recently there has been an increased interest in natural fiber based composites due to their many advantages, like biodegradability. Coir & banana fibre are used in the present work for making natural fiber reinforced composite. The objective of the present research work is to study the mechanical behavior of coir& banana fiber reinforced polyester based hybrid composites and comparison of properties like young's modulus. The optimum percentage of banana fiber and coir are found by conducting response surface Methodology.

Fiber length – the persuadable factor in making natural fiber composite: a review

“…The work (Manjusha et al , 2016) on the development of 20 different hybrid composites from combination banana and coir fiber in polyester resin was reported. It was claimed that YM of the final composite dependent on both percentages of fiber and its length as well.…”