scholarly journals Mechanical and physical properties of water hyacinth and cogon grass fiber reinforced epoxy resin composites

2021 ◽  
Vol 2145 (1) ◽  
pp. 012036
Author(s):  
P Kongkaew ◽  
P Praneekrit ◽  
T Rudchapo ◽  
K Khampui

Abstract In this paper, the study investigates the mechanical and physical properties of water hyacinth and cogon grass fiber reinforced epoxy resin hybrid composites. Hand lay-up technique was used to fabricate the composites. Water absorption, microstructure, tensile properties, flexural properties, and impact strength tests for total fiber contents, 15 wt %, and different water hyacinth and cogon grass fiber ratios (10/0, 8/2, 6/4, 4/6, 2/8, and 0/10) were used to evaluate the investigation’s effects. The addition of water hyacinth and cogon grass fiber into epoxy improves tensile, flexural, and impact properties while decreasing water absorption, according to the findings. Using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), the microstructure of the composites was analyzed, and surface fracture behavior and the void between the fiber and matrix were observed.

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sathish ◽  
K. Kumaresan ◽  
L. Prabhu ◽  
N. Vigneshkumar

The aim of this paper is to study the effect of volume fraction on mechanical and physical properties such as tensile, flexural, impact, interlaminar shear strength, void content and water absorption of flax and bamboo fibers reinforced hybrid epoxy composites. Flax and bamboo fibers reinforced epoxy resin matrix hybrid composites have been fabricated by compression molding techniques. The hybrid composites were fabricated with different volume fraction of fibers. SEM analysis on the hybrid composite materials was performed to analyze the bonding behavior of materials and internal structure of the fractured surfaces. The effect of chemical treatment of flax and bamboo fibers was verified by FTIR analysis. The results showed that the tensile, impact, flexural and ILSS are maximum for 40:0 (flax: bamboo) hybrid composites. The void content decreased for 20:20 (flax:bamboo) composites due to tightly packed flax fiber and more compatibility towards epoxy resin.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-22
Author(s):  
Mohd Aminuddin Che Haron ◽  
Suhaimi Muhammed ◽  
Abdul Hamid Saleh

Bamboo is considered as environmentally and eco-friendly material compared to hardwood and nowadays bamboo veneer is getting very popular in the market. Bamboo veneer is suitable for many modern designs. The alternate layers of veneer bamboo (3 and 5 layers) were combined with fiberglass by using Epoxy resin (2% hardener) as bonding agent to produce PBFC at different pressure. Panels produced were assessed for the mechanical and physical properties such as MOE and MOR, thickness swelling (TS), and water absorption (WA) in accordance with the European Standard. Results revealed that strength performance of board improved with increasing pressure. Thickness swelling and water absorption values were much lower for the 5 layer composite Thus such findings revealed that bamboo veneer from Buluh betong possess great potential for the manufacture of bio-composite products.


2018 ◽  
Vol 135 (26) ◽  
pp. 46405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Chen ◽  
Yu Zou ◽  
Heyi Ge ◽  
Zedong Cui ◽  
Shanshan Liu

Author(s):  
I. K. Adi Atmika ◽  
I. D. G. Ary Subagia ◽  
I. W. Surata ◽  
I. N. Sutantra

Fibers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ahsan Ashraf ◽  
Mohammed Zwawi ◽  
Muhammad Taqi Mehran ◽  
Ramesh Kanthasamy ◽  
Ali Bahadar

The popularity of jute-based bio and hybrid composites is mainly due to an increase in environmental concerns and pollution. Jute fibers have low cost, high abundance, and reasonable mechanical properties. Research in all-natural fibers and composites have increased exponentially due to the environment concerns of the hazards of synthetic fibers-based composites. Jute based bio and hybrid composites have been extensively used in number of applications. Hybrid jute-based composites have enhanced mechanical and physical properties, reasonably better than jute fiber composites. A detailed analysis of jute-based bio and hybrid composites was carried out in this review. The primary aim of this review paper is to provide a critical analysis and to discuss all recent developments in jute-based composites. The content covers different aspects of jute-based composites, including their mechanical and physical properties, structure, morphology, chemical composition, fiber modification techniques, surface treatments, jute based hybrid composites, limitations, and applications. Jute-based composites are currently being used in a vast number of applications such as in textiles, construction, cosmetics, medical, packaging, automobile, and furniture industries.


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