Experimental Characterization Of Banana And Americana Hybrid Composite

Abstract

Now a day the work on the natural fiber based composites has been increased due to the factors such as depleting resources like petroleum, crude oil from which the synthetic fibers are produced, increasing environmental concern, increased global warming...etc. moreover some of the natural fibers exhibit high mechanical properties such as high tensile modulus in comparison with their synthetic fiber counter parts. In this study we have prepared and experimentally characterize the mechanical properties of the banana/ Americana hybridized composite material. Two different fiber weights were considered to also study the influence of the fiber weight on the mechanical properties of the hybrid composite. The properties such as tensile modulus, tensile strength, flexural modulus and strength, impact strength were found out. It was found that the mechanical properties of the hybrid composite were increasing with the increase in the fiber weight.