M Kandasamy
AB Chandravathanan
M Mohan
Abstract
In the modern world, application of composite material plays a prominent role in developing a product which is having low weight to strength ratio. In this investigation, borassus flabellifer and arecanut fiber was considered to develop the specimen. The specimen was developed for different composition and proportion. From the husk natural fiber was extracted by using the chemical treatment process. The extracted fiber is strengthened with epoxy resin and hardener to develop physical bonding among the fiber and resin. Later, the specimen was allowed to dry in the room temperature. Further, the investigation was conducted by appraising the specimen for tribological and mechanical properties. Mechanical properties of the sample was studied by using tensile and flexural test as per ASTM procedure. Pin-on-disc experiment was carried out to study the tribological properties of the specimen. Based on the experimentation, we can determine that tensile, flexural and wear properties of the specimen increases for different composition and curing time.
Keywords- Arecanut fiber and Borassus Flabellifer fiber, Epoxy, Mechanical and tribological properties.