Effect of Fibre Length on Mechanical Properties of Randomly Oriented Short Jute Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composite. (2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bisaria, Himanshu; Gupta, M.K.; Shandilya, P.; Srivastava, R.K.
• Is Part Of: Materials today. Volume 2:Number 4/5(2015)
• Page Start: 1193
• Page End: 1199
• Publication Date: 2015
• Subjects: Jute fibre -- Epoxy -- Tensile properties -- Flexural properties -- Impact properties ;; Materials science -- Congresses -- Periodicals; 620.1
• DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2015.07.031
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2214-7853

Abstract

Abstract: Natural fibres show many advantages such as low density, low cost, environmental friendly, biodegradable and high specific mechanical performance. This work investigates the tensile, flexural and impact properties of epoxy and randomly oriented short jute fibre reinforced epoxy composite. The composite was prepared using Hand lay-up method with 30 wt. % of jute fibre in the various lengths of 5, 10, 15 and 20 mm into epoxy matrix. The results show that the tensile and flexural properties were found maximum for the composite with 15 mm length of fibre whereas the impact properties were found maximum for the composite with 20 mm length of fibre.