Background:
The objective of this research is to evaluate the tensile, impact and flexural
properties of flax fiber and basalt powder filled polyester composite. Flax fiber is one of the
predominant reinforcement natural fiber which possess good mechanical properties and addition
of basalt powder as a filler provides additional support to the composite.
Methods:
The Composites are prepared using flax fiber arranged in 10 layers with varying weight percentage
of the basalt powder as 5 wt.%, 10 wt.%, 15 wt.%, 20 wt.%, 25 wt.% and 30 wt.% respectively.
Results:
From the results it is inferred that the composite combination 10 Layers of flax / 5 wt.%,
basalt Powder absorbs more tensile load of 145 MPa. Also, for the same combination maximum
flexural strength is about 60 MPa. Interestingly in the case of impact strength more energy was
absorbed by 10 layers of flax and 30 wt.% of basalt powder. In addition, the failure mechanism of
the composites also discussed briefly using SEM studies.
Conclusion:
Flax fiber reinforced basalt powder filled polyester composites are successfully fabricated
by compression moulding method. Tensile, Flexural and Impact strength gets increased by
varying the flax fiber weight percentage.
:
The application of flax fiber is vast in the various fields as textiles made from flax are known in the Western countries as linen, and traditionally used for bed sheets, underclothes, and table linen. The specific properties that are responsible for the potential platform to next-generation structural applications in automobile and other consumer works. Due to its mechanical properties, which elaborately specify the single flax, hybridization of fiber with the manmade and with natural flax. Ultimately, in the end of the paper, we discussed with the proportion evaluation to know about the amount of research undergone with flax fiber. To identify the further quantum of work to be done in the all of the areas in that 36% of work done on mechanical property, 30% in novel performance work like simulation and model analysis, 18% of work going on marine, aeronautical related applications and only 16% work carried out in structural related applications. From the literature study, the usage of flax fiber has lankness in a variety of applications in various fields. In the future, the flax fiber will reduce the utilization of synthetic fiber, by producing an eco-friendly environment in all type of products wherever replacement is possible.
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