Effect of Fiber Length and NaOH Treatment on the Flexural Behavior of Coir Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composite
| Author(s) | : | Ayyavoo Karthikeyan, Kalpana Anbarasu |
| Institution | : | Professor,Departmentof Mechanical Engineering, Malla Reddy College of Engineering, Secunderabad, India – 500100. |
| Published In | : | Vol. 5, Issue 14 — January 2018 |
| Page No. | : | - |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
This paper presents the study on the effect of fiber length and fiber surface modification on flexuralproperties of coir fiber reinforced epoxy composites. The composite sample was fabricated with three different fiberlengths namely 10, 20, and 30 mm. The fiber treatment was carried out using sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution at fivedifferent concentrations such as 2, 4, 6, 8 & 10%. The fabrication was made by hand lay-up techniques. Mechanicalinterlocking between fiber and matrix was observed from the SEM (scanning electron microscope) micrographs. Thestudy reveals that increases NaOH concentration in the fiber treatment was found to increase the flexural strength up to4% and further increase in NaOH concentration reduce the flexural strength and also the strength increase withincreasing fiber length
Ayyavoo Karthikeyan, Kalpana Anbarasu, “Effect of Fiber Length and NaOH Treatment on the Flexural Behavior of Coir Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composite”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 14, pp. -, January 2018.
