Development and Physio-Mechanical Characterization of Sustainable Jute-Wood Dust Reinforced Hybrid Composites

ABSTRACT

Composite materials are the subject of modern material science developments. It’s been employed in a variety of real-world scenarios. Researchers have increasingly focused on natural fibers in composite materials because of its long-term influence and environmental concern. Conversion of waste into useful product is something the researchers are concentrating upon nowadays. The present work deals with Physio-Mechanical characterization of the sustainable jute and wood dust reinforced polymer matrix composite (PMC). The proposed composites are prepared using hand layup technique in five different combinations of compositions. The results exhibited better physio-mechanical properties and showed that optimum addition of wood dust is 30 wt% for obtaining improved mechanical properties of proposed composites. These proposed composites are found to be suitable for internal constructions such as partition walls at low cost.

摘要

复合材料是现代材料科学发展的主题. 它已经应用于各种现实场景中. 由于天然纤维的长期影响和环境问题，研究人员越来越关注复合材料中的天然纤维. 将废物转化为有用的产品是研究人员目前关注的问题. 本工作涉及可持续黄麻和木屑增强聚合物基复合材料（PMC）的物理机械特性. 所提出的复合材料是使用五种不同组成组合的手糊技术制备的. 结果表明，木屑的最佳添加量为30 wt%，以改善所述复合材料的力学性能. 发现这些建议的复合材料适用于低成本的内部结构，如隔墙.

KEYWORDS:

• Jute
• wood dust
• hybrid composite
• physio-mechanical characterization
• sustainability
• non structural application

关键词:

• 黄麻
• 木屑
• 混合复合材料
• 物理机械特性
• 持续性
• 非结构应用

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Additional information

Funding

The work was supported by the Science and Engineering Research Board [TAR/2021/000016]