Fabricated and analyzed the mechanical properties of textile waste/glass fiber hybrid composite material

Abstract

Natural fibers are getting attention from researchers and academicians to utilize in polymer composites due to their eco-friendly nature and sustainability. The investigation of hybrid composite has been amalgamated and high structural performance. This paper has presented the fabrication and analysis of textile waste/glass fiber hybrid composite material's mechanical properties. The samples were fabricated by the hand lay-up method and pressing strategy. Five samples were prepared which are pure resin, textile waste fiber only layer (T/T/T), textile waste/glass fiber/textile waste layer (T/G/T), glass fiber/textile waste/glass fiber layer (G/T/G) and glass fiber only layer (G/G/G) composite. The mold was prepared locally in the workshop. The specimen was cut from the manufactured test agreeing to the ASTM standard for mechanical properties tests such as tensile test, flexural test, and impact test. The experimental results justify that textile waste fiber's effect is improved mechanical properties from pure resin composite. For instance, tensile strength was improved by 31.1% and modulus of elasticity was increased by 38.3%. The Flexural strength of sample G/T/G is 95% greater than T/T/T sample. T/G/T's tensile strength is recorded 64 MPa and G/T/G has recorded 52.33 MPa. The flexural strength and flexural modulus of the G/T/G composite are given 173.1 MPa and 32.63GPa, respectively. During the impact test, the textile wastes fabric to decrease the composite's impact strength is decreased. The highest water absorbed is shown G/T/G hybrid composite. The composites are immersed for 168 h in cube until at equilibrium state.