Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Polymer Composites using Glass and Flax Fiber Reinforcement

  • Manjush borse, Ashutosh channa, Ekata Dhumal, Swanand Rudrawar, M.J.Naidu, S.A.Agrawal

Abstract

Recently there has been rapid growth in research related to the natural fibre composites, due to advantage of these material compared to synthetic fibre composites. As these material possesses properties such as a low cost, low weight, low environmental impact and ability to use wide range of application. Properties of these materials depends on several factors; and orientation of fibre is one of them. The objective of this work is to know whether bidirectional flax fibre mat properties can be achieved by using unidirectional flax fibre mat arranged such that flax fibres are perpendicular to each other. Similarly can chop strand mat (CSM) glass fibre mat give the similar properties like bidirectional glass fibre mat. In order to reduce the material cost general purpose polyester resin is used. Then laminates has been prepared and their mechanical properties like tensile strength and flexural strength are studied. Tensile test and flexural test are conducted according to ASTM standards. According to Test results percentage difference between Bidirectional and unidirectional flax fibre mat was 14.95% and the flexural test result shows CSM glass fibre polyester composite shows higher strength than bidirectional glass fibre polymer composite.

Published
2020-07-01