PREPARATION AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF EPOXY BASED COMPOSITE DEVELOPED BY BIOWASTE MATERIAL

Anshuman Srivastava, Madhusoodan Maurya

Abstract: Increasing concern about environment has made scientist and engineers very eager in their search for environmental friendly materials. So lot of research is going on today in the field of material science to develop newer materials. Natural fibers are getting much attention of researchers, engineers and scientists as reinforcement in the polymer matrix to develop natural fiber reinforced polymer composites. In the present work an attempt has been made to develop natural fibers reinforced polymer matrix composite. Advantages of using natural fibers are density reduction, cost savings and less weight to strength ratio. Composites with 10, 20 and 30 wt % coconut shell powder epoxy composites have been fabricated using Hand layup technique. Mechanical properties of these composites have been analyzed in detail.

Keywords: Epoxy based Composites, Hand layup technique, Tensile strength, Flexural strength

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2015.0404070