EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FLEXURAL AND HARDNESS BEHAVIOUR OF HEMP FLAX HYBRID COMPOSITE

Composites are nowadays used in automobiles, aerospace and marine engineering applications due to their low cost and less weight. This paper involves the fabrication and testing the flexural and hardness behavior of hemp and flax hybrid composite. In this work, the laminates are prepared by the hand-layup method. Epoxy resin with HY951 hardener is used as the binding agent for fabrication of a hybrid composite. Woven glass fiber (GFRP) layers are used on both sides of the laminate to increase strength and stiffness of the composites. The natural fibers layers are sandwiched between the GFRP layers. The natural fibers have been chosen on the basis of, its strength, low density, degradability and its availability. The result showed that hybrid composite laminate has superior flexural and hardness behavior than other laminates.