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Date: 22.3.2015
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EMERGING TRENDS IN ENGINEERING RESEARCH
I.
INTRODUCTION
II.
EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE
A. Materials
The jute and glass fiber were cut into the size of
(300x300) mm with different stacking sequence of specific
fiber orientation and jute fiber soaked in 5% of NaOH for
2hrs. Materials used here is
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Jute fiber
Glass fiber
Epoxy resin (LY556)
Hardener (Aradur LY951)
Filler material (Ferric oxide Fe2O3)
1) Jute Fiber
Jute (the golden fiber) is a naturally occurring
lignocellulosic fiber extracted from annual plant in the genus
Corchorus. The harvesting time of jute is 2-3 months and itll
grow 3-5 meters tall. Microbial action in the pond softens the
jute fiber and weakens the bonds between the fibers. Jute fiber
is made of nearly 60% cellulose, 24% hemicellulose, 13%
lignin and 3% other minor constituents like water soluble
compounds, fats and waxes. The chains of cellulose and
hemicellulose run almost parallel to the fiber axis. The
hydrogen bonds and other linkages between the constituents
provide high stiffness to jute fiber. Jute products like carpets,
jute bags, particle boards, handicrafts etc. were using
nowadays with the advantages of high strength, high rigidity
modulus, low cost, renewable nature, low energy consumption
during processing, appreciable toughness, good thermal and
electrical insulation characteristics and wide commercial
availability in various forms etc made it an attractive and most
promising natural fiber for use as reinforcement in composite.
2) Glass Fiber
Glass fibers are made of silicon oxide with addition
of small amounts of other oxides by fine fibers of glass. Glass
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TABLE I.
CONFIGURATION OF COMPOSITES
Compositions
Fiber weight
Composites
Resin
weight
(gms)
Hardener
weight
(gms)
Filler
weight
(gms)
Glass
(gms)
Jute
(gms)
C1 (Pure Jute
Fiber)
181.08
600
60
30
C2 (JuteGlass Fiber)
149.3
102.93
500
50
25
III.
MECHANICAL TESTING
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B. Flexural Test
Flexural test was performed by applying a point load
at the center of the composite material under ASTM D790
standard procedure and the test conducted on UTM Machine
model UTN (40). The specimen of 150x12x10 mm cropped
and loaded in three point bending machine with a span to
depth ratio of 16:1. The flexural strength was found by using
an equation.
Ultimate Tensile
strength (MPa)
2.90
27.17
Jute-Glass Fiber
4.40
46.60
N/mm2
Flexural test
Composite
material
Load (KN)
Flexural strength
(N/mm2)
0.52
42.44
Jute-Glass Fiber
1.69
172.45
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C. Impact Test
Impact Test was carried out through impact testing
machine, it is also called as Charpy V-notch test and to
determine the amount of energy absorbed by a material during
fracture. Impact test is a standardized high strain-rate test
which is used to measure toughness and yield strength of the
material which is done by allowing the pendulum to break the
test material its shows energy absorption in joules. A test was
conducted on the instrumented pendulum type model IT-30
Impact Tester as per ASTM D256.
TABLE IV.
TABLE V.
Tensile test
Composite
material
Flexural test
Impact
test
Breaking
load
(Fmax) KN
Ultimate
tensile
strength
(MPa)
Load
(KN)
Flexural
Strength
(N/mm2)
Impact
energy
(Joules)
Pure Jute
Fiber
2.90
27.17
0.52
42.44
Jute-Glass
Fiber
4.40
46.60
1.69
172.45
12
Composite
Material
Impact Energy
(Joules)
Jute-Glass Fiber
12
A. Tensile Strength
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Figure 11: Stress Strain Curve for tensile test in jute-glass fiber composite
Figure 12: Tensile Load and UTS comparison of pure jute and jute-glass fiber
composite
Figure 15: Flexural Load and flexural strength comparison of pure jute and
jute-glass fiber composite
C. Impact Energy
B. Flexural Strength
Figure 13: Stress Strain Curve for flexural test in pure jute fiber composite
Figure 16: Impact Test Specimen Dimension
V.
CONCLUSION
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