Experimental evaluation of mechanical properties of natural fibre reinforced polymer composites

Abstract

The high cost of synthetic fibers such as glass, carbon, Kevlar, results in high cost of production and products derived from these materials, which has necessitated alternative means of materials development. Natural fiber has emerged as a renewable and cheaper substitute to synthetic materials such as glass, carbon and Kevlar, which are used as reinforcements. In this work, the objective was to develop, investigate and evaluate the mechanical properties of a composite materials using natural fibers like jute and piler silk. The fabrication of the composite was carried out using epoxy resin as the matrix, jute and spider silk fibers with nylon fillers as reinforcement. The aim of this work is to estimate and understand the effect of different natural fibers and filler materials that are used in fabrication of polymer composite a material and analysis the verified result like tensile hardness and flexural. An attempt is made to compare and analyses the mechanical properties such as hardness, tensile and flexural strength based on experimental results.