Indian Journal of Science and Technology
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2009/v2i7.8
Year: 2009, Volume: 2, Issue: 7, Pages: 35-38
Original Article
N. Srinivasababu1*, K. Murali Mohan Rao2 and J Suresh Kumar3
1Dept. of Mech. Engg,, PVP Siddhartha Inst. of Technol., Vijayawada;
2Sri Viveka Inst.of Technol., Madalavarigudem;
3Dept .of Mech. Eng., JNT Univ. H, Hyderabad, India
*Author for the correspondence:
N. Srinivasababu
Dept. of Mech. Engg,, PVP Siddhartha Inst. of Technol., Vijayawada;
E-mail: [email protected]
Increasing the needs for different engineering applications invite the development of new materials. In the present research new natural fiber okra was introduced for the preparation of okra fiber reinforced polyester (FRP) composites. Already established fibers sisal and banana were also extracted for the preparation of sisal and banana FRP composites and to determine tensile properties. The tensile properties of okra FRP composites were compared with sisal and banana FRP composites. Hand lay-up technique was used for the preparation of composites. Chemically treated okra fiber reinforced polyester composites at maximum volume fraction showed tensile strength, modulus of 154.17%, 114.13% and specific tensile strength and modulus of 12.26%, 129.82% higher than that of the pure polyester specimen, respectively.
Keywords: Okra fiber, hand-lay up, density, tensile strength, tensile modulus, specific tensile strength, specific tensile modulus.
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