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Investigation on effect of fibre hybridization and orientation on mechanical behaviour of natural fibre epoxy composite

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Nowadays bio fibre composites play a vital role by replacing conventional materials used in automotive and aerospace industries owing to their high strength to weight ratio, biodegradability and ease of production. This paper aims to find the effect of fibre hybridization and orientation on mechanical behaviour of composite fabricated with neem, abaca fibres and epoxy resin. Here, three varieties of composites are fabricated namely, composite 1 which consists of abaca fibre and glass fibre, composite 2, which consists of neem fibre and glass fibre, whereas composite 3 consists of abaca, neem fibres and glass fibres. In all the above three varieties, fibres are arranged in three types of orientations namely, horizontal (type I), vertical (type II) and 45\(^{\circ }\) inclination (type III). The result shows that composites made up of abaca and neem fibres with inclined orientation (45\(^{\circ }\)) have better mechanical properties when compared with other types of composites. In addition, morphological analysis is carried out using scanning electron microscope to know the fibre distribution, fibre pull out, fibre breakage and crack propagation on tested composites.

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  1. Department of Production Technology, M.I.T. Campus — Anna University, Chromepet, Chennai, 600 044, India

    P Kaliappan & R Kesavan

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai, 600 044, India

    B Vijaya Ramnath

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Kaliappan, P., Kesavan, R. & Vijaya Ramnath, B. Investigation on effect of fibre hybridization and orientation on mechanical behaviour of natural fibre epoxy composite. Bull Mater Sci 40, 773–782 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-017-1420-2

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