Mechanical and electrical performance of Roystonea regia/glass fibre reinforced epoxy hybrid composites

Bulletin of materials science

R N Rao¹  Govardhan Goud¹ 

[1] Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal 506 004, India$$Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal 506 004, IndiaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal 506 004, India$$

关键词: Roystonea regia natural fibre;    glass fibre;    epoxy;    hybrid composites;    mechanical properties;    electrical properties.;   

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学科分类：材料工程

来源: Indian Academy of Sciences

【 摘 要 】

The present paper investigates mechanical and electrical properties of Roystonea regia/glass fibre reinforced epoxy hybrid composites. Five varieties of hybrid composites have been prepared by varying the glass fibre loading. Roystonea regia (royal palm), a natural fibre was collected from the foliage of locally available royal palm tree through the process of water retting and mechanical extraction. Roystonea regia, 𝐸-glass short fibres were used together as reinforcement in epoxy matrix to form hybrid composites. It has been observed that tensile, flexural, impact and hardness properties of hybrid composites considerably increased with increase in glass fibre loading. But electrical conductivity and dielectric constant values decreased with increase in glass fibre content in the hybrid composites at all frequencies. Scanning electron microscopy of fractured hybrid composites has been carried out to study the fibre matrix adhesion.

【 授权许可】

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