Experimental investigation on the mechanical and morphological behavior of Prosopis juliflora bark fibers/E‐glass/carbon fabrics reinforced hybrid polymeric composites for structural applications

Abstract

The present world scenario demands for the utilization of natural fiber-reinforced polymeric composites as opposed to synthetic fiber-reinforced composites mainly due to their environmental friendly behavior, availability in abundance, cost-effectiveness, and lightweight and moderately high-strength properties. Along with the above said advantages, the ease of manufacturing of natural fibers has made the researchers around the globe to exploit several locally available natural fibers to understand their feasibility as reinforcement phases in different polymeric composites and their suitability in various commercial and engineering applications. This research investigation has been conducted to discover a better natural/synthetic fiber-reinforced polymer hybrid composite for commercial engineering applications. This research investigation intends to recognize the effect of laminate stacking sequence of Prosopis juliflora fibers (PJFs)/E-glass/carbon fabrics reinforced hybrid epoxy composites under five different composite designations. Manual hand layup method is used as the fabrication method, while studies on physical, mechanical, and morphological properties have been conducted in this research work. From the results obtained, it is obvious that the properties of PJFs/E-glass/carbon fabrics reinforced epoxy composites enhanced due to the hybridization with the addition of E-glass and carbon fabrics in PJFs and augments its suitability in the use of engineering structural applications.

Comparison of Mechanical Properties of Hemp-Fibre Biocomposites Fabricated with Biobased and Regular Epoxy Resins

“…To further characterise the developed biocomposites, additional mechanical tests, such as compression, interlaminar, and in-plane shear tests, should be conducted. In particular, when analysing the bending stiffness results, a significant difference between the bio-epoxy and standard epoxy resins can be observed, a phenomenon also reported by Madhu et al [ 17 ]. This difference results from variations in the fibre–matrix adhesion, as natural fibres generally tend to cause far more problems (when untreated) than glass or carbon fibres.…”

“…Plates were fabricated (460 mm × 420 mm) with a thickness of at least 2 mm. From each test specimen, five were cut out of the plate, which is the minimum number of samples to analyse to obtain statistically viable data, according to all applicable testing standards [ 11 , 12 , 16 , 17 ]. For further investigation of the 90 green composites, considering the sheer number of specimens to be cut and the importance of their dimensional equality, all specimens were cut using a computer numerically controlled abrasive water jet cutting machine.…”

Effect of silica nanoparticles on physical, mechanical, and wear properties of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites

“…Dry sliding wear performance of the manufactured composites was analyzed on a pin-on-disc machine, (Make: DUCOM, India) as per ASTM G99 standard. [36] The experiments were conducted for different normal load (10,15,20,25, and 30 N) and sliding speed (1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, and 5.5 m/s) in EN-32 steel disc with 50 mm track diameter for fixed sliding distance of 1000 m. The 20 mm × 5 mm × 5 mm size sample was held within the holder perpendicular to the steel disc. Before and after the sliding wear experiments, sample weight was measured by using a digital electronic balance and reported as volumetric wear by using following equation:…”

“…The hybridization of kenaf/pineapple was reported to increase the mechanical and water absorption resistance of polypropylene hybrid composites by N. L. Feng et al. [19] P. Madhu et al [20] and T. G. Y. Gowda et al [21] concluded that the evaluated mechanical properties were significantly increased for hybridization of Prosopis juliflora-glass-carbon and flax-basalt-carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites. Caryota urens natural fiber and glass fiber reinforced nanoclay/SiC toughened epoxy nanocomposite were reported to exhibit excellent mechanical and wear properties by P. Raju et al.…”

Morphological and mechanical behavior of polyurethane/epoxy interpenetrating polymers and its flax fiber‐reinforced composites

“…[20,21] Moreover, several researchers have established the correlations between the morphologies and mechanical properties of PU/EP IPNs or fiber reinforced composite at submicron or nanoscale. [13,22,23] However, the correlation on the nanomechanical and macromechanical properties of IPNs is still lacking.…”