INVESTIGATION ON THE EFFECT OF FLYASH ON TENSILE, FLEXURAL AND IMPACT STRENGTH OF HYBRID COMPOSITE MATERIAL

In the development of materials, the main objective is to reduce the weight and to have maintenance free materials with good mechanical properties these requirements are fulfilled by composite materials. In this work, carbon/abaca/kenaf fiber is fabricated by fly ash 3%, 4% and 5% mixed with epoxy resin. The mechanical characterization of the prepared composite materials are investigated experimentally. The low-velocity impact tests are performed by Charpy test method and tensile test and flexural test are performed by using a universal testing machine. The impact contact force and the tensile strength are accurately estimated using the experimental analysis method. The result showed that 3% fly ash composite had more strength compared to 4% and 5% fly ash composite.