Investigation of mechanical properties of glass, jute and coir fibers composites with and without silicon dioxide (SiO2) filler

Abstract

The current engineering market is choosing composite materials over traditional materials inspired by the superior properties exhibited by composite materials, they are made up of a combination of materials with distant chemical and physical properties. The utilization of glass fiber composites is very extensive in the fields of aircraft and automobile industries most glass fibers are silica based and contain a host of other oxides of sodium iron, calcium, etc. natural fiber reinforced composites are getting progressively paramount because of low-cost and high specific characteristics fiber. The strength of the weight fraction of these composites is huge and vast. The present work aims at finding out the effects on the mechanical properties of composites due to the addition of silicon dioxide hybrid filler. The tensile and flexural tests are carried out on a universal testing machine (UTE-10), an impact test is done on the impact testing machine, and results were obtained.