Investigation of Tensile and Flexural Properties of Epoxy-Based Reinforced with Sugarcane Trash and Kevlar Pulp Filler Hybrid Polymer Composite

Vishnoi, Mohit; Kumar, A Navin; Verma, Neeraj; Mamatha, T.G.

doi:10.1007/978-981-33-4684-0_27

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“…Epoxy is a feasible thermoset polymer that has epoxide groups. Notable properties of epoxy are high strength and modulus, low levels of volatiles, excellent adhesion with glass fibre, low shrinkage, good chemical resistance, and ease of processing, good electrical insulating properties [10][11][12]. They can be bonded nearly to all materials and can be cured at ambient temperature without application of pressure using a curing agent called hardener [5].…”

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Studies on fly ash/coir/sugarcane reinforced epoxy polymer matrix composite

Venkatachalam

Rajarajan

Wilson

et al. 2023

Materialwissenschaft Werkst

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In the past years studies were conducted on natural fibre reinforced polymer composites to observe their mechanical properties in order to decide their industrial applications. These composites have already been used in many applications from aerospace to sporting equipment. These green composites can be used as a replacement for synthetic composites. This is because the natural fibres are eco‐friendly, biodegradable, renewable, etc. In this work, an attempt is made to reinforce fly ash, coir fibre and sugarcane fibre with epoxy polymer matrix. Central composite design under response surface methodology (RSM), one of the approaches of design of experiments (DOE) is used to determine optimum sample preparation conditions of fly ash, coir fibre and sugarcane fibre. Both tensile and flexural (three‐point bending) tests are conducted on these fabricated composites to determine their materialistic characteristics. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is carried out using Minitab software to find the influence of fly ash, coir fibre, sugarcane fibre on composites. Regression equations obtained from analysis of variance is used to calculate values. Experimental and calculated values are compared and their error % are calculated and tabulated. Response surface optimization study is carried to find the optimized parameters of composites. It is observed that, increase in wt.% of coir fibre and decrease in wt.% of fly ash and sugarcane fibre, increases yield stress and these parameters have mixed impact on ultimate tensile stress. The addition of fly ash, coir fibre and sugarcane fibre in low percentages increases Young's modulus. Increase in wt.% of fly ash and coir fibre and decrease in wt.% of sugarcane, increases flexural modulus and flexural stress.

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“…Sugarcane is a renewable and a good agricultural product which is composed of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin [12, 19]. The sugarcane fibres can be obtained by crushing the sugarcane and then separating the fibres manually [20].…”

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confidence: 99%