Abstract
Traditionally axial flow fan blades were manufactured by using metal alloys, but with the increase in blade size the blades grew heavier resulting in more vibrations during its working. It is impossible to manufacture the metallic blades to close tolerances making it uneconomical. Due to this dimensional instability, the metallic impeller fan blades are instead fabricated with glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP). To reduce the after effects of GFRP blades on the environment necessitates the partial reinforcement of natural fibre. This paper deals with the characterization of GFRP blade material with partial Jute reinforcements i.e., glass to jute (95:5) weight percentage and estimating the properties like tensile strength, bending strength, shear strength, fracture toughness. The conventional GFRP blade material has 14 layers of glass fibers in various forms. By placing jute layer at various positions in GFRP blade material the mechanical strengths were estimated and compared with conventional one.
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