STUDY ON MECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF ANGORA, KENAF AND RAMIE HYBRID REINFORCED EPOXY COMPOSITES

Now a days, the interest on using Natural Fibers is increasing day by day. They are also gaining attention as replacement of current used engineering materials for advanced applications. For that, they require best Mechanical properties. Mechanical and Tribological properties of one fiber differ from others. Our aim is to evaluate and compare the outputs of three natural fibers – Angora, Kenaf and Ramie. The mechanical properties like Tensile, Bending, Impact, Tribological and Brinell hardness are to be investigated by joining the normal fibers with Epoxy LY556 pitch and Hardener HY951 in a specific proportion. The tests must be rehashed for the given three strands and an aggregate of 15 samples are to be set up by hand lay-up strategy and tested. The specimens must be set up according to ASTM standards. From the overall observation it has been discovered that Kenaf natural composite exhibited superior mechanical properties when compared with Angora and Ramie.