Determination of Delamination and Tensile Strength of Drilled Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites

Abstract:

A study has been carried out to investigate the delamination and tensile properties of drilled composites made by reinforcing the natural fibers like hemp, jute, banana and vakka into a polyester resin matrix. The fibers extracted by retting and manual processes have been used to fabricate the composites. These composites are tested for delamination and tensile strength after drilling and compared with those of established composite like glass made under the same laboratory conditions. The Taguchi method with orthogonal array of L9 (34) was selected to realize the influence of the drilling parameters (cutting speed and feed rate) on delamination and tensile strength for various fiber reinforced composites. The results indicate that the delamination of the drilled natural fiber composites were in some cases better than those of glass fiber composites.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 592-594)
• Pages: 134-138
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.592-594.134
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Dilli Babu G*, Sivaji Babu K, B. Uma Maheswar Gowd
• Keywords: Delamination, Natural Fiber Reinforced Plastics, Tensile Strength

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