Mechanical Properties and Machinability Studies on the Human Hair-Coconut Coir-Glass Fibre Hybrid Composite

Abstract:

Natural Fiber-reinforced epoxy composites have a potential of lightweight structural materials used in various engineering applications owing to its excellent properties. Present paper investigates the mechanical properties of glass fibre, coconut fibre and human hair reinforced epoxy hybrid composite. In this work, epoxy resin with various layers of reinforcement added by using hand layup technique. The composite is subjected to mechanical testing. Machinability studies were performed based on the drilling experiments. TiAlN coated solid carbide (SC) and High speed steel (HSS) drills were used in the drilling experiments and made a comparative study on the output parameter. Solid carbide tool has a lower thrust force with feed rate being the most influential parameter on thrust force.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 852)
• Pages: 79-84
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.852.79
• Online since: September 2016
• Authors: D. Senthil Nathan*, K. Rajkumar, A. Gnanavelbabu, P. Sabarinathan
• Keywords: Drilling, HSS Tool, Hybrid Composite, Solid Carbide Tool

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