Abstract
Hybridization of the natural and polymer composites is emerging concept in composites. Hybrid composites have found in different applications because of its low weight, good strength, low cost and environmental friendly properties. The present work utilizes bi-dimensional (BD) Cotton fibers and uni-directional (UD) Glass fibers for manufacturing hybrid composites. Mode I DCB test, Mode II inter laminar fracture test and tensile tests were conducted by varying Cotton & Glass fibres volumes. Mode I fracture test results reveal that by incorporating cotton fibres in the range of 10% to 25% reinforced in Glass showing maximum of 43% improvement in as compared with pristine Glass fiber composite. Similarly, Mode II fracture toughness enhanced upto 59.8% with same percentage of Cotton fibres.
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