Research Article | Open Access
COMPARISON OF TENSILE STRENGTH AND HARDNESS OF JUTE BLENDED GFRP AND GRASS POWDER BLENDED GFRP WITH PLAIN GFRP
Bijjam Srihari , K.Shanmuganandam , G.Anbuchezhiyan
Pages: 5358-5368
Abstract
Aim: In this study, the tensile strength and hardness characteristics of epoxy-based Glass Fiber reinforced polymer composite with and without Jute fiber filler and Grass power fiber filler particles have been investigated. Materials and Methods: Polymer composites were fabricated in three groups (Experimental = 2 and Control Group = 1) by hand layup method. Twenty samples were fabricated for each group using ASTMD3039 Standard. The tensile strength and hardness of the samples for each group is tested using the Standard Universal Testing Machine and Barcol hardness tester.The sample size per group was 20. The pre-test power for testing was 80%, Alpha=0.05% and CL was 95%, G power test was used to fix the number of samples for each group
Keywords
Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP), Novel Grass powder, Jute fiber, Hardness, Tensile strength, Handlayup method.