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Dynamic mechanical analysis of randomly oriented short bagasse/coir hybrid fibre-reinforced epoxy novolac composites

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Hybrid composites of epoxy novolac reinforced with short bagasse fibres and short coir fibres were prepared. The mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties of these bagasse-coir hybrid fibres reinforced epoxy novolac composites were investigated with reference to different layering patterns of the composites. The tensile properties of the tri-layer composites are recorded higher than those of the bi-layer composites, whereas the flexural properties of the tri-layer composites are lower than bi-layer composites. The tensile strength of the intimate mix composite is comparable with trilayer composite having bagasse as skin material. The effect of layering pattern on storage modulus (E′), damping behavior (tan δ), and loss modulus (E″) was studied as a function of temperature and frequency. The E′ values of the bi-layer composites are recorded lower than those of tri-layer (bagasse/coir/bagasse) and intimately mixed hybrid composites. The minimum E′ value is obtained for the composites made with coir as skin layer. Bi-layer composite shows maximum damping property. The theoretical modeling showed good correlation with experimental results at above glass transition temperature (T g ), while theoretical model deviates experimental data at lower T g . The Arrhenius relationship has been used to calculate the activation energy of the glass transition of the composites.

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    Sudhir Kumar Saw, Gautam Sarkhel & Arup Choudhury

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Saw, S.K., Sarkhel, G. & Choudhury, A. Dynamic mechanical analysis of randomly oriented short bagasse/coir hybrid fibre-reinforced epoxy novolac composites. Fibers Polym 12, 506–513 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-011-0506-5

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