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saranathan COLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGDEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERINGTrichyMechanical And Water Absorption Behavior Of Epoxy
Based Hybrid Composites Reinforced With Jute/Coir/Groundnut Shell
FibersProject reviewGuide name: Presented by xxxxxxxx, xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
ABSTRACTFiber reinforced polymer composites have a wide variety
of applications as a class of structural materials because of their
advantages such as ease of fabrication, relatively low cost of
production & superior strength as compared to neat polymer
resins. The fiber which serves as a reinforcement in polymers may
be either synthetic or natural. Although synthetic fibers such as
glass, carbon etc. possess high specific strength, their field of
applications are limited because of their higher costs of
production. Recently, there is an increasing interest in hybrid
composites that are made by reinforcement of two or more different
types of fibers in a single matrix, because these materials attain
a range of properties that cannot be obtained with a particular
kind of reinforcement. Further, material costs can be reduced by
careful selection of reinforcing fibers. For a composite material,
its mechanical behavior depends on many factors such as fiber
content, orientation, types, length etc. In this connection, the
objective of the present research work is to study the effect of
fiber content on the mechanical and water absorption behavior of
jute/coir/groundnut shell fibers reinforced epoxy based hybrid
composites.Objective of the projectTo develop a new class of hybrid
polymer composites to explore the potential of jute fiber and coir
fiber.Evaluation of mechanical properties such as: tensile
strength, flexural strength, impact strength and water absorption
rate.To study their influence of fiber content on mechanical
properties of composites.Problem identifiedLiterature
surveyS.NoJournal NameAuthor Name & Year1Investigating the
mechanical behaviour of coconut shell and groundnut shell
reinforced polymer compositeS. Muthukumar, K. Lingadurai.Department
of mechanical engineering Anna University, Regional office, Madurai
&MARCH-20142Materials ReouiredJute fiberCoir fiberGroundnut
shellEpoxy resinMETHODOLOGYCompression moldingis a method
ofmoldingin which the molding material, generally preheated, is
first placed in an open, heatedmold cavity. The mold is closed with
a top force or plug member, pressure is applied to force the
material into contact with all mold areas, while heatandpressureare
maintained until the molding material has cured.
Test to be doneTensile test (ASTM D-638= 250253 mm)Impact test
(ASTM D-790= 65133 mm)Flexural test (ASTM D-6110= 125133 mm)Water
absorption test (30303 mm) PROJECT WORK STATUS WORK DONE SO
FORLiterature review Selection of methodologyPurchase of materials
WORK TO BE DONEFabrication of hybrid compositeMechanical
characterization of hybrid compositeCost analysisResult and
discussion
CONCLUSIONThe reason behind selecting this project is a
intensive interest in the field of composite materials, so we
decided to do a project in composite materials with the application
of hybrid composite due to its significant characteristics.We
planned to enhance the mechanical characteristics of jute/coir
fiber reinforced epoxy based hybrid composites.A part of work is
done that we mentioned in the title of work done so for. The
remaining work is going to done in our next part.
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