Under the guidance of submitted by

Assistant professor-Nitin Kumar Mayank Bhatt

 INTRODUCTION
 often shortened to composites or called composition
materials, are engineered or naturally occurring materials
made from two or more constituent materials with
significantly different physical or chemical properties which
remain separate and distinct at the macroscopic or
microscopic scale within the finished structure.

 Two materials in which one of the materials, called the

reinforcing phase, is in the form of fibers, sheets, or particles,
and is embedded in the other materials called the matrix
phase. The reinforcing material and the matrix material can
be metal, ceramic, or polymer. Composites are used because
overall properties of the composites are superior to those of
the individual components.
Properties of hemp fiber
 It can reinforce plastic.
 It can substitute mineral fibers.
 It has no waste disposal problems.
 It has excellent acoustic insulation.
 It is non-flammable (no toxic combustion products)
 It is easy to use.
Properties of sisal fiber
 It has Very hard wearing(ideal for high traffic areas)
 It is biodegradable.
 Sisal fibers are Anti static, does not attract or trap dust
particles and does not absorb moisture or water easily.
 It exhibits good sound and impact absorbing
properties.
 Literature Review
Sr. Title and Author’s name
No.
1 Fabrication and evaluation of mechanical
properties of alkaline treated sisal/hemp
fiber
reinforced hybrid composite
N S Venkatesha Gupta1, Akash 1 a,
K V Sreenivasa Rao1, and Arun kumar
D S1
Finding and Results
1.The matrix material was prepared
with mixture of epoxy and hardener at
a ratio of 10:1.
2. The percentages of fibers used are
10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50% by
weight.
3.40 wt% of sisal/hemp fibers
reinforced hybrid composite exhibits
more tensile and flexural strength
(tensile strength = 53.13Mpa; flexural
strength = 82.07Mpa.) than other
hybrid composites.
4.The hardness strength of sisal/hemp
fiber reinforced epoxy resin hybrid
composites increases with the
increasing the wt% of fiber content.
 Literature Review
Sr. Title and Author’s name Finding and Results
No.
2. Synthesis and Characterization of Sisal 1.The epoxy resin with brand name
& Hemp Fiber Reinforced Hybrid AW 106 and hardener with brand name
Composites. HV 953 were used for the
Sangamesh Edway1 Sunil J Mangshetty2 experimentation.
2. Both sisal and hemp fibers were
chopped in to small size of about 10-
15mm. The chopped fibers were
initially washed in tap water and then
soaked in 10 % NaOH solution for 10
hours.
3. 30%wt. sisal & hemp fiber
reinforced hybrid composites discloses
more tensile strength (24.70 MPa) than
other hybrid composites.
4. Shore-D hardness number increases
with increasing the fiber percentage.
Literature Review
Sr Title and Author’s name Finding and Results
No.

3. Effect of inter-laminar fiber orientation on the 1-Orientation with 0/90/0,

tensile
properties of sisal fiber reinforced polyester
composites
July 2002 K Senthilkumar1*, I Siva1, J T
WinowlinJappes1, S C Amico2, F Cardona3 and
M T H Sultan3
0/90/45/45/90/0, 90/0/0/90,
0/45/90/90/90/45/0, 0/45/0
sample are prepared.
2-Sample having first and last
orientation as 0 having good
tensile strength as compared to
other.
3- 0/45/0 having high value of
strain.
 Research Gap
 The formation of hemp/sisal fiber composite is done by using
different weight percentage of fibers.

 For preparation of hemp/sisal composite different orientation of

fiber method is not used till now.
Objective

 In this project hemp and sisal fiber are used as

reinforcement with epoxy polymer as matrix and
whole setup is prepared by hand lay up technique.

 By changing the orientation of fibers tensile strength

flexural strength, hardness test can be performed
.Angle fiber direction will be 0°,45°and 90°.
Test to be performed
 Tensile Test

 Hardness Test

 Impact Test

 Scanning Electron Microscopy

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