This document provides details about a final year project to develop composite materials using sugarcane bagasse, sisal, and jute fibers with epoxy resin via hand lay-up technique. The objectives are to utilize renewable natural fibers to develop composites and study the effect of fiber loading and orientation on mechanical properties. Composites with different fiber combinations of 0°, 30°, and 45° orientations will be tested according to ASTM standards to determine mechanical properties. A literature review presented research on using natural fibers like pineapple leaf and abaca to develop composites and fiber-reinforced concrete.
This document provides details about a final year project to develop composite materials using sugarcane bagasse, sisal, and jute fibers with epoxy resin via hand lay-up technique. The objectives are to utilize renewable natural fibers to develop composites and study the effect of fiber loading and orientation on mechanical properties. Composites with different fiber combinations of 0°, 30°, and 45° orientations will be tested according to ASTM standards to determine mechanical properties. A literature review presented research on using natural fibers like pineapple leaf and abaca to develop composites and fiber-reinforced concrete.
This document provides details about a final year project to develop composite materials using sugarcane bagasse, sisal, and jute fibers with epoxy resin via hand lay-up technique. The objectives are to utilize renewable natural fibers to develop composites and study the effect of fiber loading and orientation on mechanical properties. Composites with different fiber combinations of 0°, 30°, and 45° orientations will be tested according to ASTM standards to determine mechanical properties. A literature review presented research on using natural fibers like pineapple leaf and abaca to develop composites and fiber-reinforced concrete.
This document provides details about a final year project to develop composite materials using sugarcane bagasse, sisal, and jute fibers with epoxy resin via hand lay-up technique. The objectives are to utilize renewable natural fibers to develop composites and study the effect of fiber loading and orientation on mechanical properties. Composites with different fiber combinations of 0°, 30°, and 45° orientations will be tested according to ASTM standards to determine mechanical properties. A literature review presented research on using natural fibers like pineapple leaf and abaca to develop composites and fiber-reinforced concrete.
(An Autonomous Institute affiliated to VTU, Approved by AICTE & ISO 9001:2008 Certified) Accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with ‘A’ grade Shavige Malleshwara Hills, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bengaluru-560078
Department of Mechanical Engineering
(Accredited by NBA)
Details of Final Year Project 2019-20
Project Title: DEVELOPMENT OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL USING SUGARCANE BAGASSE, SISAL AND JUTE MATERIAL BY USING SIMPLE HAND LAY-UP TECHNIQUE
Abstract: Now a days, the natural fibres from renewable natural resources offer the potential to act as a reinforcing material for polymer composites alternative to the use of glass, carbon and other manmade fibres. Among various fibres, jute is most widely used natural fibre due to its advantages like easy availability, low density, low production cost and satisfactory mechanical properties. For a composite material, its mechanical behavior depends on many factors such as fibre content, orientation, types, length etc.
A hybrid composite is a combination of two or more different types of fibre in which one type of fibre balance the deficiency of another fibre. Composites of various compositions with three different fibre loading (30wt%, 40wt% and 50wt%) and three different fibre orientation (0°, 30° and 60°) are fabricated using simple hand lay-up technique. It has been observed that there is a significant effect of fibre loading and orientation on the performance of jute/glass fibre reinforced epoxy based hybrid
OBJECTIVES: The present study concentrates on the development of natural composite and to utilize the advantages offered by renewable sources. Composites are developed by hand layup technique using sugarcane bagasse, jute, sisal fiber, epoxy and hardner. Specimens are cut according to the ASTM standard. The hybrid composites are developed with different reinforcements of orientations such as 0º, 30º, and 45 º. The various tests are conducted to determine the mechanical properties Literature Survey: Leao et al (2010) examined the industrial applicability of Pineapple leaf fiber, mainly for production of composite materials and special papers, chemical feedstocks and fabrics. Armecin et al (2011) conducted a study to provide baseline data on the agro ecosystem characteristics.. They revealed that the most common companion crops for abaca were Erythrina fusca and Pterocarpus indicus, coconut, fruit trees, and other forest trees. Roy et al (2012) made composite with short jute and the pellets of polypropylene to make composites with the help of an extrude followed by compression molding. They found that the mechanical properties of the composites increased with the increase of fibre content up to 20%, then decreased while the jute content varied from 5 to 30wt%.
Reference:
ACI Committee 544, Fibre Reinforced Concrete, SP-81, American Concrete Institute, Detroit, Mansur, M. A., “Jute Fibre Reinforced Composite Building Materials,” Proc. 2nd Australian Conf. Eng. Materials, University of New South Wales, (585-596). Paramasivan, P.; Nathan, G. K.; and Das Gupta, N. C., “Coconut Fibre Reinforced Corrugated Slabs,” Int. J. Cement Composites and Lightweight Concrete, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. (19-27).
The Use of Sugarcane Bagasse in PP Matrix Composites: A Comparative Study of Bagasse Treatment Using Calcium Hydroxide and Sodium Hydroxide On Composite Strength
