• Corpus ID: 137198956

Characterization Study Of Jute And Glass Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Composite Material

@article{Muthuvel2013CharacterizationSO,
  title={Characterization Study Of Jute And Glass Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Composite Material},
  author={M. Muthuvel and G. Ranganath and K. Janarthanan and K. N. Srinivasan},
  journal={International journal of engineering research and technology},
  year={2013},
  volume={2},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:137198956}
}

• M. Muthuvel, G. Ranganath, +1 author K. Srinivasan
• Published 4 October 2013
• Materials Science, Engineering
• International journal of engineering research and technology

The aim of the present work was to investigate the hybridization of glass fibers with natural fibers for applications in the aerospace and naval industry. Mechanical properties such as tensile, impact and flexural test of hybrid glass/jute fiber reinforced epoxy composites in the forms of lamina and laminates were determined. The lamina prepared with natural fiber mat showed lower mechanical properties compared to laminas with glass mat. For this reason we proposed to use a hybrid design for… 

The aim of the present work was to investigate the hybridization of glass fibers with natural fibers for applications in the aerospace and naval industry. Mechanical properties such as tensile, impact and flexural test of hybrid glass/jute fiber reinforced epoxy composites in the forms of lamina and laminates were determined. The lamina prepared with natural fiber mat showed lower mechanical properties compared to laminas with glass mat. For this reason we proposed to use a hybrid design for the various applications which makes use of glass woven fabrics and jute fiber mats. The adoption of this design allowed for a cost reduction of 20% and a weight saving of 23% compared to the current commercial solution. Laminates were fabricated by hand lay-up technique in a mold and cured under light pressure for 1h, followed by curing at room temperature for 48 h. All the laminates were made with a total of 10 plies, by varying the number and position of glass layers so as to obtain six different stacking sequences. One group of all jute laminate was also fabricated for comparison purpose. Total fiber weight fraction was maintained at 42%. Specimen preparation and testing was carried out as per ASTM standards.