Title of article :
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF OVEN CURED JUTE FIBER/GLASS REINFORCED POLYESTER COMPOSITES
Author/Authors :
Sutharson, B. Chendhuran College of Engineering Technology - Mechanical Engineering Department, India , Rajendran, M. Government College of Technology - Mechanical Engineering Department, India , Sarala, R. Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology, India , Karapagaraj, A. Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology, India
Abstract :
This paper deals with an experimental study on the properties of hot air oven cured jute fiber/glass reinforced hybrid composite laminates. An experimental investigation and analysis has been carried out to optimize the parameters like stacking sequence of jute/glass fiber, percentage of NaOH, fiber treatment hours and duration (minute) of oven curing of composite laminate. During the experiments the aforesaid parameters were varied and Taguchi’s optimization approach was applied to obtain an optimal setting of parameters. Changes occurring in jute fiber composites with 5-15% concentration of a NaOH treatment for 24 h were investigated. Flexural strength, impact strength and bearing strength of the hybrid composites testing were performed in order to study the mechanical properties of the composites. It was found that oven curing time in minutes has some considerable influence on both flexural strength and bearing strength. Effectiveness of the oven curing was found by comparing the relative performance
Keywords :
Hybrid composites , Jute fiber treatment , Taguchi method , Oven curing
Journal title :
International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Journal title :
International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
