Effect of alkali treatment on cotton/bamboo fibres for application as a reinforcement material

Author:

Karthik A1ORCID,Daniel James D Jafrey2ORCID,Sampath PS3,Thirumurugan V4

Affiliation:

1. Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Akshaya College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India

3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India

4. Department of Textile Technology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

The current study focuses on the creation of epoxy composites with cotton/bamboo woven fabric reinforcement. The effect of alkali treatment with varying (1, 2, and 3 wt.%) of NaOH on mechanical characteristics such as tensile, impact, flexural, compression, and interlaminar shear stress is explored and compared to those of the untreated cotton/bamboo fabric. The composites were made using a compression moulding process with four different fibre loadings (30, 35, 40, 45, and 50 wt.%). The mechanical characteristics of the composites were studied and their structure was evaluated by using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The cotton/bamboo/epoxy composite with 2 wt.% NaOH at 45 wt.% fibre loading was found to have better mechanical properties when compared to the others.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Mechanical Engineering

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