Tensile Behaviour of Jute and Bamboo Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Hybrid Composites

Abstract

The fabrication of composites using synthetic fibers such as carbon, glass, aramid, etc is expensive because of higher cost of individual fibers. This requires alternative materials development with less production cost. Naturally available jute and bamboo fiber were used as reinforcement in this present work. Natural fibers are inexpensive as compared to synthetic fibers and has emerged as a renewable and cheaper substitute to synthetic materials such as glass, carbon and aramid, which are used as reinforcements. In this work, the objective was to develop, investigate and analyze the tensile behavior of a composite material using bamboo fiber and jute fiber sandwich type composite. The results were studied and compared with the composite of bamboo fiber with epoxy resin. The experimental results shows that hybrid composites is having significantly greater values as compared to monolithic composites. The primary objective of the present work is to find out the effect of jute fiber on tensile properties of jute and bamboo reinforced hybrid composite.