EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF MECHANICAL CHARACTERISITICS OF PROSOPIS JULIFLORA FIBER COMPOSITES

Mechanical Engineering

Composite material replaces conventional material like metal, wood etc due to its light weight, high strength to weight ratio and stiffness properties. Natural fibers like Prosopis juliflora, bamboo fiber, banana plant fiber etc has low cost, easily availability and less harmful to human. In this work, Prosopis jusliflora fiber is used as a reinforcement material in Polymer Matrix composite and its effects are investigated. This fibre is abundantly available in the nature and has paved way to its usage as a natural fibre of the fabrication of a composite. Composites were prepared with Prosopis jusliflora fibers and epoxy resin by hand lay-up method. The composites were prepared in 3 different ratios of fiber which are 8%, 12% and 16%. The mechanical properties of composites are tested by conducting tensile, impact, compression and flexural test on the prepared specimens

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