Experimental Investigation of Natural Fiber with Epoxy Resin

Abstract

This paper aims study of natural fiber composites bonded with epoxy resin. The natural fibers are used banana and sisal as material for the fabrication of laminating board. The laminated boards were fabricated by wooden mould fiber stitching method. Twice chemically treated fibers showed good results in flexural strength. For the orientations such as 0-90 and 45-45 gives better results for Flexural strength as well as for tensile strength. By increasing layers one can increase flexural and tensile strength.

An overview: characterization of natural fiber reinforced hybrid composites

“…The work done by Joshi et al (2019) confirms the effect of fiber orientation as presented by Fragassa et al (2018) with a higher load-carrying capacity in cross-play laminate than angle ply laminate of sisalbanana hybrid composite. Further, an attempt was made by Kartick et al (2014) to do some treatment on fibers with chemicals like alkalization, cyanoethylation, acetylation and heat treatment to improve the properties of the fiber.…”