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Proceedings of

2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural and Mechanical Engineering CSM 2014

"EFFECT OF FIBER LENGTH ON PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTY OF EUPHORBIA COAGULUM BANANA FIBER COMPOSITE"

BHUVNESHWAR RAI GULSHAN KUMAR RAJINDER K. DIWAN
DOI
10.15224/978-1-63248-054-5-55
Pages
80 - 84
Authors
3
ISBN
978-1-63248-054-5

Abstract: “Presently composites are being made using either both the binder and the reinforcing fibers are synthetic or either one of the material is natural or synthetic. In this study we had prepared bio-degradable composite by using natural fiber i.e. banana fiber and pant based resin i.e. dried mass of euphorbia latex. Length of the fiber and its orientation play an important role in the mechanical properties of the fiber reinforced polymer composites. For better understanding of the effect of fiber length on the physicomechanical property of the composite in this study we had prepared euphorbia latex banana fiber composite with varying fiber length and charactrised for water absorption, impact strength, flexural strength and flexural modulus. Results shows that with increasing fiber length of the composite from 1mm to 6mm, water absorption increases and impact strength of the composite increases from 20 to 30% and 37 to 43 J/m respectively whereas flexural strength and flexural modulus of th”

Keywords: Euphorbia coagulum, Banana fiber, composites, renewable resource, biodegradable, fiber length

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