Fabrication and Testing of Glass/Banana Hybridized Epoxy Mono Composite Leaf Spring under Static Loading

Abstract:

This study makes use of E glass fiber and Banana fiber woven mats for the development of the hybrid composite mono leaf spring. Six composite laminates for selecting the optimum stack sequence were fabricated, four hybrids and two standalone using epoxy as matrix. From the flexural tests, two hybrid combinations were selected for fabricating the mono leaf spring. Among the hybrid composites, the one with three layers of glass fabric on the outside displayed maximum bending strength of 99.6 MPa. Composite mono leaf spring with three layers of glass fabric on the outside exhibited lower deflection when compared to conventional leaf spring. Results indicate that mono composite leaf spring has the potential to be used as an alternative to conventional leaf spring with continual research.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 777)
• Pages: 432-437
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.777.432
• Online since: August 2018
• Authors: Srinivas Shenoy Heckadka, Suhas Yeshwant Nayak*, Navaneeth Krishna Vernekar
• Keywords: Banana Fiber, E Glass Fiber, Epoxy, Flexural Strength, Hybrid Composite Mono Leaf Spring

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