Vibration Studies on Fiber Reinforced Composites – a Review

Figures & data

Figure 1. Comparison of natural frequency of the various natural fiber composites under mode-I.

Figure 2. Comparison of damping ratio of the various natural fiber composites under mode-I.

Figure 3. Comparison of natural frequency of different synthetic fiber composites.

Figure 4. Comparison of damping ratio of different synthetic fiber composites.

Table 1. Values of natural fiber and damping ratio of filler incorporated composites.

Description	Natural Frequency in Hz (Mode- I)	Damping ratio	Reference
Banana fiber for 10% redmud	70.76	0.05174	Arumuga Prabu et al. (2014)
30% Jute nano clay	55.31	0.1958	Arulmurugan and Venkateshwaran (2016)
3% nano clay/coconut sheath	23.19	0.07813	Rajini et al. (2013)
20% borax filler/sisal-glass	108.548	0.355–5	Erklig and Bulut (2016)

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