Effect of Bio-filler on Hybrid Sisal-Banana-Kenaf-Flax Based Epoxy Composites:A Statistical Correlation on Flexural Strength

作     者：Somasundaram Vivek Karuppusamy Kanthave Arun Torris Vijayananth Kavimani Somasundaram Vivek;Karuppusamy Kanthavel;Arun Torris;Vijayananth Kavimani

作者机构：Department of Mechanical EngineeringAnna University Regional CampusCoimbatore 641046Tamil NaduIndia Polymer Science and Engineering DivisionCSIR-National Chemical LaboratoryDr.Homi Bhabha RoadPune411008MaharashtraIndia Department of Mechanical EngineeringKarpagam Academy of Higher EducationCoimbatore 641021Tamil NaduIndia 

出 版 物：《Journal of Bionic Engineering》 (仿生工程学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2020年第17卷第6期

页      面：1263-1271页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 08[工学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0836[工学-生物工程] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：Corresponding author:Somasundaram Vivek E-mail:vivek.memf@gmail.com。 

主　　题：bagasse ash natural fiber flexural strength X-ray micro computed tomography vacuum bag assisted resin transfer molding 

摘      要：This work deals with the investigation of the synergistic effect of bagasse ash with sisal-banana-kenaf-flax fibers reinforced epoxy composite for their flexural behavior.The composites with three combinations of hybrid fibers viz.sisal/kenaf(HSK),banana/kenaf(HBK),and banana/flax(HBF)with bagasse ash(BGA)as filler material are fabricated using vacuum bag assisted resin transfer molding.Experiments were conducted based on L27 orthogonal array to understand the influence of control factor viz.fiber volume,alkali concentration&BGA over output response.A -ray micro computed tomography analysis was conducted over the developed sample to infer the uniform dispersion of fiber and filler material.The experimental results reveal that the addition of fiber up to 30 vol%depicts better strength and further addition results in a negative impact.Increasing in order of BGA decreases the flexural strength of the developed composites.