“…An analysis on luffa and kevlar fiber‐reinforced hybridized composites was carried out. [ 151 ] The samples were fabricated with different combinations and subjected to mechanical tests. The flexural rigidity of the kevlar composite specimen was very less when compared to its tensile strength, whereas luffa/kevlar hybrid showed better flexural rigidity.…”
Section: Effect Of Hybridization On Propertiesmentioning
In the past two decades (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018)(2019)(2020), researchers have been attracted toward hybrid composite materials reinforced with synthetic and natural fibers. Biodegradability and harmlessness to the environment are the major attributes of natural fibers, such qualities support these fibers to reinforce into composites. At the same time, higher moisture absorption and poor compatibility characteristics of natural fibers have forced to hybridize with other synthetic/natural fibers. Several researchers have already done the hybridization of natural fibers with synthetic/natural fibers to overcome the limitations of natural fibers. Due to this reason, we perform a literature review on the influence of hybridization on the properties of composites reinforced with synthetic and natural fibers. This review is made on resulting properties of hybrid composites such as mechanical, thermal, water absorption, tribological behavior, morphological characteristics, and other properties from the year 2001 to 2020.
“…An analysis on luffa and kevlar fiber‐reinforced hybridized composites was carried out. [ 151 ] The samples were fabricated with different combinations and subjected to mechanical tests. The flexural rigidity of the kevlar composite specimen was very less when compared to its tensile strength, whereas luffa/kevlar hybrid showed better flexural rigidity.…”
Section: Effect Of Hybridization On Propertiesmentioning
In the past two decades (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018)(2019)(2020), researchers have been attracted toward hybrid composite materials reinforced with synthetic and natural fibers. Biodegradability and harmlessness to the environment are the major attributes of natural fibers, such qualities support these fibers to reinforce into composites. At the same time, higher moisture absorption and poor compatibility characteristics of natural fibers have forced to hybridize with other synthetic/natural fibers. Several researchers have already done the hybridization of natural fibers with synthetic/natural fibers to overcome the limitations of natural fibers. Due to this reason, we perform a literature review on the influence of hybridization on the properties of composites reinforced with synthetic and natural fibers. This review is made on resulting properties of hybrid composites such as mechanical, thermal, water absorption, tribological behavior, morphological characteristics, and other properties from the year 2001 to 2020.
“…Torres et al [9] discovered that 3% stearic acid concentration caused the fiber's surface to be modified to the point where the attributes stated were optimal. Most of the study have been done on various natural fiber-based composites and their surface treatment such as Bagasse, [10] jute, [11] hemp, [12,13] luffa, [14] banana, [15] date palm, [3] and coir [16] as reinforcing materials in polymeric matrices composites fabricated from chemically treated fiber shows superior mechanical properties than the raw one. [17] Sahoo et al [18] observed that impact strength increases with fiber loading.…”
In this research, a newly explored natural fiber named sea purslane fiber (SP) was applied as a reinforcing material with widely used thermosetting polymer epoxy polymer. Chemical treatments on the fibers were done with NaOH followed by acrylic acid treatment. Reinforcing acrylic acid treated and untreated SP fibers at variable weight percentages of fiber loading, variety of composite samples (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 wt%) were developed. The mechanical characteristics of the composites were found to improve initially with increasing filler content until reaching the optimum (20 wt%) fiber loading, after which they began to fall. At 20 wt% filler loading various properties like physical & chemical (density, water absorption, X-ray diffraction), mechanical (tensile, flexural, impact, micro-hardness) and thermal (thermogravimetric analysis) properties were examined and compared with untreated fiber reinforced composites. It was noticed that the treated fiber composites reveal better result as compared with untreated fibers composites. The findings provide manufacturers and engineers with a broad concept of how to use this composite to reduce weight, particularly in automotive applications.
“…The investigation of moisture absorption behavior of Luffa and Kevlar fiber reinforced with epoxy composites and their results revealed that the hybrid composites possessed better moisture resistance. [ 71 ] Sunil Kumar Ramamoorthi et al [ 72 ] selected Jute‐glass‐lyocell fiber reinforced with acrylated epoxidized soybean oil hybrid composites that have reduced the water absorption. Naveen et al [ 73 ] examined the moisture absorption behavior of woven fabric with Kevlar‐Cocos nucifera sheath reinforced epoxy hybrid composites and their results concluded that K‐CS‐K‐K hybrid stacking sequence had higher moisture resistance.…”
In this investigation, the different weaving pattern of intra ply Kevlar and pineapple leaf fiber (PALF) reinforced with epoxy hybrid composites was fabricated using the compression molding method. Solid particle erosion wear properties, water absorption, and thickness swelling behavior were tested. Solid particle erosion wear properties were tested using an air‐jet erosion tester. The various factors for solid particle erosion test were taken as impingement angle, exposure time, and weaving pattern. The weaving pattern was varied as plain type, twill type, basket type. The result showed that basket weave type and pure Kevlar fiber reinforced epoxy composites have better water absorption and thickness swelling properties. The results from the solid particle erosion test indicated that twill type and pure Kevlar fiber reinforced epoxy composites showed superior erosion wear resistance compared to other composites. Further, the statistical analysis was carried out using Taguchi analysis and their results showed that twill type Kevlar/PALF reinforced with epoxy composite was a minimum erosion wear rate at 90° of impingement angle and 6 min exposure time. The erosion mechanism of the surface eroded composite specimens was investigated using scanning electron microscopy.
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