Design, Fabrication and Experimental Analysis of Pandanus Fibre Reinforced Polyester Composite

Abstract:

Due to the light weight, high strength to weight ratio, corrosion resistance and other advantages, natural fibre based composites are becoming important composite materials in mechanical engineering fields. The current project emphasizes the newly identified Pandanus Fibre (Pandanus Fascicularis) which is extracted from the stem of screw pine tree by the manual water treatment process. The mechanical properties of chopped Pandanus fibre by Polyester composites are investigated and compared with the similar natural fibres in the fibre reinforced composite material field. The composite plates were fabricated with raw pandanus fibres by compression moulding method with varying weight percentage and lengths of fibre.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 984-985)
• Pages: 253-256
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.984-985.253
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: G. Veerakumar Vigneshwaran*, I. Jenish, Rajeshwaran Sivasubramanian
• Keywords: Composite, Mechanical Property, Pandanus Fiber, Polyester

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