Year: 2020
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: A composite material is a material, which combines complementary nature and features of two or more constituents to result in a new material with unique and outstanding characteristics when compared with its original constituents. Conventional fibres such as glass and carbon can be replaced by environment-friendly bamboo fibres having good mechanical properties. Also being fastest-growing plants in the world (growing at a rate of 3 cm per hour), bamboo is abundantly available. Better fibre-matrix interaction will result in good interfacial adhesion between fibre and matrix and thereby reduces voids in the composite. This paper describes the tensile properties of bamboo textile reinforced composites. In this study, two different types of bamboo textiles i.e. knitted and weaved are used. Hand layup technique was incorporated in the production of composites and after that, air-cooling is adopted. All the tensile testing specimens are prepared according to ASTM D3039. Variation of the tensile properties of composite with different layers of bamboo textile and age are studied. The number of layers varies from 1 to 10. Tensile properties of these two bidirectional bamboo textile reinforced composites are tested for 7 days and 28 days. Keeping, the fibre volume fraction constant, increasing the number of layers enhances the ultimate tensile strength. Further increase in the number of layers shows no considerable variation in its ultimate tensile strength. Modulus of elasticity and percentage elongation of bamboo textile reinforced composites are also investigated.
Authors: I S Jazeel, Mini Remanan
Institution: National Institute of Technology Calicut
Language: English
Subfield: Polymers and Plastics
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3092391996