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Static and dynamic mechanical analysis of hybrid natural fibre composites for engineering applications

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Natural fibres (NFs) are utilized for making environment-friendly products inside the construction and automotive industries. Four distinct types of natural fibres, such as jute, sisal, banana, and palm (Asian palmyra) fibres, were treated separately with alkaline and acetylene chemical solutions to improve the strength of fibres. Hand-layup approach was used to fabricate the epoxy composite specimens with natural fibre reinforcement by varying the weight fractions of jute, banana, and palm fibres. Sisal fibres were maintained at a constant weight fraction of 50%. The intention of the existing study is to optimize the dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) and mechanical performance of three distinct fibres with varying ratios. The mechanical attributes such as tensile strength, flexural strength, impact strength, and hardness values obtained from acetylene-treated samples are estimated at 203 MPa, 186 MPa, 27.7 J/m2, and 108.2. The epoxy matrix’s excellent attachment strengthened and the proper scattering of the alkaline-treated natural fibre samples achieved the best ductile, flexural, hardness, and impact quality compared with acetylene-treated fibre samples. The DMA was used to explore the special mechanical properties of blends in the expression of capacity modulus (E′), loss modulus (E″), and damping boundary. All of these kinds of hybrid composites can also be used in interior applications in the civil and automotive sectors.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Dundigal, Hyderabad, 500043, India

    S. Sathees Kumar, V. V. S. H. Prasad, B. D. Y. Sunil & Regonda Srinivas

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sethu Institute of Technology, Pulloor, Kariapatti, 626 115, Tamil Nadu, India

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  3. Natural Composites Research Group Lab, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, 1518 Pracharat 1, Wongsawang Road, Bangsue, Bangkok, 10800, Thailand

    M. R. Sanjay & Suchart Siengchin

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S. Sathees Kumar: Conceptualization, supervision, and reviewing. V. Vignesh: Supervision, writing—editing and reviewing. VVSH Prasad: Experimental operation, data interpretation. BDY Sunil: Synthesis, characterization, data curation and interpretation, and writing—original draft. Regonda Srinivas: Data curation and interpretation, writing—original draft, reviewing, and editing. Mohamed Sanjay M R: Methodology, validation, and writing—original draft, reviewing, and editing. Suchart Siengchin: Conceptualization, supervision, and reviewing.

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Kumar, S.S., Vignesh, V., Prasad, V.V.S.H. et al. Static and dynamic mechanical analysis of hybrid natural fibre composites for engineering applications. Biomass Conv. Bioref. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03689-2

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