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Influence of Natural Fiber on the Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Composites

2010; University of Technology, Iraq; Volume: 28; Issue: 17 Linguagem: Inglês

10.30684/etj.28.17.18

2412-0758

Noor S. Sadeq,

Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research

The present study deals with the effects of natural fibers on some mechanicalproperties of the Epoxy composite. This research was carried out by reinforcingthe matrix (Epoxy) resin with natural material (cane sugar fibers) and syntheticfibers (chopped carbon fibers). The natural fibers were exposure to chemicaltreatment before reinforcement.The hybrid composites contain of chopped carbon and cane sugar fibers isproduced using hand lay method. Each sample was reinforced with differentvolume fraction such as 30%, 20%, and 10%. After preparation of compositematerial some of the mechanical properties flexural and impact tests were studiedof prepared samples.Cane sugar composite has the higher values (of flexural strength 490.77 MPa andof impact strength 93.92 KJ/m2 ) than chopped carbon composites (flexuralstrength 93.19 MPa and impact strength 23.92 KJ/m2). It was found that theadditions of natural fibers (cane sugar) to chopped carbon fibers improve of themechanical properties of hybrid composites