EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SUITABLE CAR BUMPER MATERIAL USING GFRP, KENAF, SISAL AND KAPOK FIBER

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Bumper is one of the main parts which are used as protection for passengers from front and rear collision. The aim of this project is choose the new composite material to absorb the strain energy under impact loading. In this study, the most important variables like composite materials replace the ABS plastic to natural composites like kenaf,sisal and kapok fiber, hybrid composite materials includes the combination of synthetic fiber such as GFRP and the natural fiber compositions, then the tensile and bending test is used to find the material tensile and compressive strength and IZOD impact testing is used to find the strain energy of the natural and hybrid composite materials are tested and the suitable composite material is suggested according to its impact test values.

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