Mechanical and Thermo- Mechanical Properties of Woven Sisal Fiber Reinforced Biodegradable Composites
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Mechanical Properties, Woven Sisal Fiber, Glutaraldehyde, Polyvinyl AlcoholAbstract
This study mainly focuses on mechanical (tensile and flexural) and dynamic mechanical characterization of fabric reinforced polymer composites. The thesis work is discussed in three phases: matrix, reinforcement, and composites. In the first phase, Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) is cross-linked with Glutaraldehyde (GA) for various volume fractions using a conventional vacuum-assisted pressure compression method. The mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties are carried out to optimize the volume fraction and are found at 20%. In the second phase, three types of woven fabrics prepared to study the effect of textile properties and woven patterns. Two plain woven fabrics (Plain 1 and Plain 2) are prepared with different grams per square meter (GSM). Also, another type of weft rib woven is prepared by keeping the same GSM as Plain 2 to analyze the effect of the woven pattern. The mechanical properties of these three fabrics are investigated and found that weft direction of weft rib fabric exhibits better mechanical properties. In the third phase, the composites are prepared using Plain 1, Plain 2 and Weft rib fabrics as reinforcement in 20% GA cross-linked PVA as matrix material and mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties are analyzed.
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