Fabrication and Investigation on Impact, Hardness and Water Absorption Properties of Short Sisal and Glass fibre Reinforced Hybrid Thermoplastic Composites

Authors(3) :-Nibha Singh, Dharmendra Kumar Singh, Ravi Shukla

Hybridization with small amounts of synthetic fibers makes these natural fiber composites more suitable for technical applications such as automotive interior parts. New eco-friendly material and products based on sustainability principles. Fibres material as low cost low density, Non –toxicity comparable strength and minimum waste problem. In the present work, sisal fiber is incorporated in polypropylene resin matrix hybridized with glass fiber for preparing composite specimens at various fiber weight percentages. The developed sisal fiber, glass reinforced hybrid polypropylene composites (SGPP) were then tested for their mechanical properties. It was found that the increase in fiber content increased the Impact and Hardness Properties of Sisal glass-PP composite. Hybrid composite were fabricated by injection modeling technique using an automatic injection molding machine JSW 180H with 100 ton clamping pressure at 2000 C and an injection pressure of 1200 psi. After molding, the test specimens were conditioned at 230 C according to ASTM D 618 before testing.

Authors and Affiliations

Nibha Singh
Research Scholar, M. Tech, MUIT, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Dharmendra Kumar Singh
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, MUIT Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Ravi Shukla
Research Scholar, M. Tech, MUIT, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Hybrid composite , Injection Moulding, ASTM standard , SGPP

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 6 | Issue 4 | July-August 2019
Date of Publication : 2019-07-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 112-118
Manuscript Number : IJSRSET196410
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099

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Nibha Singh, Dharmendra Kumar Singh, Ravi Shukla, " Fabrication and Investigation on Impact, Hardness and Water Absorption Properties of Short Sisal and Glass fibre Reinforced Hybrid Thermoplastic Composites, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 6, Issue 4, pp.112-118, July-August-2019. Citation Detection and Elimination     |     
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