Mechanical Properties and SEM Analysis of Flax/Sisal/Sic Nano Powder Reinforced Hybrid Composites

Abstract

Natural fibre are those which are made naturally such as Flax, Jute, Hemp, cotton, hair, wool coir and etc. Because of many advantages Natural fibre are replacing glass fibre and carbon fibre such as its biodegradable nature so that it helps to dump it into the open space after it takes retirement, and its ease of availability, low weight, and better strength in multi axial reinforcement with adding Nano powder particles with it. In this research work mechanical behavior of SiC Nano powder/flax/sisal fibre reinforced epoxy based hybrid composites and its fabrication has been studied. Work has been carried out to investigate the flexural properties, tensile strength, hardness, and impact strength of the composites. It has been observed that impact strength is improved with the increase in the weight fraction of natural fibers to certain extent. The morphology of composites is studied by using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).