Abstract
The heightened focus on manufacturing of green composites for engineering application and research field, the natural fiber has gained its importance. In the other hand, the hydrophilicity behaviour of natural fiber is a matter of grave concern for their potential outdoor applications. Hence the objective of this work is to study the moisture sorption behaviour of kenaf/glass polyester hybrid composite with diverse stacking sequences in general water medium and its repercussion on mechanical properties. Moisture absorption test was performed by soaking the composite at room temperature into normal water for 20 days. The distinctive parameters such as diffusion coefficient (Dx), moisture content at equilibrium (Mm) and mechanism of water transport were determined. The mechanism of water transport into the hybrid composite was found to follow Fickian’s diffusion. The repercussions of the water sorption on the tensile and bending strength of laminates were investigated. The strengths were found to be decreased with increase in rate of water intake and also the position of kenaf fibre stalk at the outer layer.
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