Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Coconut Shell Powder and PVC Resin Powder

mechanical engineering

In this paper mechanical behaviour of shell powder is reinforced to poly vinyl chloride with respective percentage of epoxy composite. Coconut shell process laminates and poly vinyl chloride powder laminates are excellent materials to reinforce with epoxy to sustain advanced structural applications due to their high specific mechanical properties. The most important factors in manufacturing of the laminates is the adhesive bonding between coconut shell powder and synthetic polymer(poly vinyl chloride powder). The various combinations were formed like 1. Coconut shell powder laminate+ Epoxy resin 2. Poly vinyl chloride powder laminate+ Epoxy Resin 3. Coconut shell powder (50%)+ poly vinyl chloride (50%)+ Epoxy resin. 4. Coconut shell powder(25%)+ poly vinyl chloride (75%)+ Epoxy resin. Four different samples are fabricated with the ratio of PLIOGRIP EPOXY RESIN 178c of 400grams by different concentrations of coconut shell powder laminate, polyvinyl chloride powder laminate, combination of coconut powder and polyvinyl chloride laminate of two sample with different ratios, after the laminates are thoroughly dried for eight days and cut through water jet machining according to the dimensions for tensile and flexural tests. The tensile and flexural specimens are then subjected to mechanical tests

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