Tensile Strength of Bagasse Fiber Reinforced Composite with Different Orientation of Bagasse Fiber

Abstract

This research paper is mainly focused on the tensile load and thermal conductivity of composites which are made from sugarcane bagasse fiber and epoxy polymer matrix. Composite specimens are prepared by hand lay-up technique considering bagasse fiber in 1,4,6,8 and 10 weight percentage to epoxy polymer matrix by arranging the bagasse fiber at 0⁰, 45⁰ and 90⁰. The tensile load and thermal conductivity were experimentally and analytically determined for differently aligned fiber composites at different weight percentage of fiber. The results obtained from the tensile test is shown that the tensile load of the composites in which bagasse fibers are aligned in 0⁰ have more bearing capacity when compared to the other aligned composite specimens (45⁰ and 90⁰) and the thermal conductivity is more for the composites in which fiber is aligned in 45⁰ at 10 weight percentage when compared to the other fiber aligned composites.