Characterization of Jute and carbon fiber Hybrid FRP composite

Abstract

In the present work pultrusion process was used to develop hybrid composite of jute and carbon fiber. Carbon fiber (CF) was chosen for hybridization so as to increase the bending & impact strength of pultruded Jute fiber reinforced composite(FRP) and yet to obtain optimal composition to achieve maximum strength with the above said reinforcements. Epoxy resin was used as the matrix in this study and the fiber to resin ratio was kept constant while the fraction of carbon fiber was varied to analyze the effect of the carbon fiber on impact & bending strength of the Jute-Carbon fiber hybrid composite. Pultrusion process parameters were kept constant, the pultrusion speed was kept at 100mm/min and temperature of die was 250˚C. The fraction of Carbon fiber was varied from 0% to 70% in this hybrid FRP composite. The bending and Impact strength of pultruded hybrid FRP composite was tested and found increment in 40 to 45% and 200 to 250% in bending and impact strength respectively, when Carbon Fiber weight percentage increases from 0 to 70% with respect to Jute Fiber.