Experimental and Numerical Characterization of Mechanical Properties of Glass Kenaf Pistachio Shell Particulates Hybrid Composite Laminates

Abstract

newline Due to the essential attributes like strength, rigidity, durability, and sustainability along with the newlinecost-effective production advantages, the fiber-reinforced composite materials are gaining newlineincreasing traction in several divisions like, building-structural sector, automotive and aerospace newlineindustries, and many more essential consumer goods industries. Moreover, the concerns about the newlineenvironment issues raised by the widespread utilization of non-biodegradable resources, the newlinedevelopment of environmentally acceptable materials with natural fibers and fillers are currently newlinebecoming a major area of study for researchers. In view of this, an effort has been made in this newlinecurrent research to investigate the influence of addition of glass fibre and stacking sequence on newlinemechanical attributes of hybrid kenaf/glass polyester composite laminates. Using hand layup newlineapproach, five distinct stacking sequence kenaf/glass laminates are prepared with different weight newlinefraction of glass fiber. Different tests have been carried out to determine mechanical performances newlineof fabricated laminates. Based on the experimental results, the addition of glass fabric layer with newlinereplacement of kenaf layer is found to be significantly enhanced the mechanical performances like newlinemicro-hardness, tensile, flexural and impact strength. Furthermore, this study also assesses the newlineeffects of inclusion of Pistachio shell particles (PSP) on the mechanical and thermal properties of newlinehybrid kenaf/glass polyester composite laminates. To study the influence, the laminates are newlineprepared with 0 wt%, 1wt%, 3wt% and 5wt% of PSP filler and mechanical characterization are newlinemade by carrying out several tests. The experimental findings reflect a noticeable improvement in newlinemechanical properties with gradual inclusion of PSP filler. Again, in order to validate the newlineexperimental results, numerical analysis has been made by using ANSYS R19.0 software. While newlinecomparing the numerical and experimental values, the deviation of the result is found t