Assessing the Mechanical Properties of Banna Glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Hybrid Composites

Ra. Aravind, V. Nagamanikam, J. Jasim Ahamrd, C. Kirubakaran

Abstract- – The increasing demand for environmentally friendly materials and the desire to reduce the cost of traditional fiber lead to the development of natural fiber composites. Natural fibers presented in the composite have some important advantages such as low density, appropriate stiffness, mechanical properties and renewability. In the present work deal with fabrication and investigation of mechanical properties of banana fiber, glass fiber and reinforced with epoxy resin as natural hybrid composite, they are recyclable and biodegradable. The Composites of different combinations with varied fiber content were prepared using hand lay-up technique using epoxy resin and hardener as reinforcing materials. Banana fiber with 30, 25 and 20% were hybridized with 10, 15 and 20% of E-glass fiber to form composites and compared with normal Banana fiber and epoxy resin composites. The results thus obtained signified mechanical properties got improved in Banana -glass hybrid composite with increased glass fiber content from 10%-20%, thus acting as a positive reinforcement in providing extra strength and smooth surface finish to the composite and at the same time the Banana fiber imparted elasticity to the composite.

DOI: /10.61463/ijset.vol.11.issue6.671