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<p>Natural fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites are gaining increasing attention as engineering materials for advanced applications, including high performance ballistic armor components. This requires superior mechanical properties, such as toughness. Jute fiber reinforced composites are currently being explored as possible advanced engineering materials. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the mechanical characteristics of epoxy composites reinforced with jute fibers and steel fillers. In the present study, three types of the composite of two-way jute carpet and steel fillers were reinforced with epoxy, with different rates of each material.</p>
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Natural fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites are gaining increasing attention as engineering materials for advanced applications, including high performance ballistic armor components. This requires superior mechanical properties, such as toughness. Jute fiber reinforced composites are currently being explored as possible advanced engineering materials. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the mechanical characteristics of epoxy composites reinforced with jute fibers and steel fillers. In the present study, three types of the composite of two-way jute carpet and steel fillers were reinforced with epoxy, with different rates of each material.

Experiment and Simulation Study of the Effect of Fillers on Mechanical Properties of Sustainable Composite

Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence & Complex Systems Engineering (AICSE)

ENSAM, Hassan II University of Casablanca

Laboratoire d’Ingénierie et Matériaux (LIMAT)

Laboratoire de Sciences de l’Ingénieur, ESTEM-Casablanca

Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering

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Natural fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites are gaining increasing attention as engineering materials for advanced applications, including high...

Experiment and Simulation Study of the Effect of Fillers on Mechanical Properties of Sustainable Composite

Published Online: Nov 07, 2022

Page range: 239 - 246

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2022-0032

Keywords
Jute fibre, Composites epoxy, fillers, Mechanical properties, tensile test, Finite element method (FEM)

© 2022 Zaini Mohammed et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Experiment and Simulation Study of the Effect of Fillers on Mechanical Properties of Sustainable Composite

Published Online: Nov 07, 2022

Page range: 239 - 246

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2022-0032

KeywordsJute fibre, Composites epoxy, fillers, Mechanical properties, tensile test, Finite element method (FEM)

© 2022 Zaini Mohammed et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Jute fibre, Composites epoxy, fillers, Mechanical properties, tensile test, Finite element method (FEM)