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Effect of Rate of Loading on Jute Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composite

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The environmental consciousness and consumer pressure have forced manufacturing industries to use natural fibres as a substitute for conventional non-renewable reinforcing materials. In the present investigation, the effect of rate of loading on jute fibre-reinforced polymer composite was studied. The mechanical properties (in three-point bend test) like interlaminar shear strength, yield strength and energy at break were examined as a function of strain rate. It was observed that the untreated fibre-reinforced composites were not very sensitive to the rate of loading; however, loading rate sensitivity was observed in alkali-treated fibre-reinforced composites. It has been proposed that fibre pull-out dominates over mechanism of composite failure in alkali-treated condition, and the interlaminar shear strength/yield strength was increased due to the increase in stiffness of the composite with rate of loading (in initial stage); however, at higher strain rate, matrix became susceptible to brittleness as there was lesser time available for crack-blunting to take place. All the microstructures were generated using a scanning electron microscope, and mechanical testing was done using tensile testing machine Instron 1195.

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  1. Department of Engineering Metallurgy, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, John Orr Building, DFC, 25 Louisa St, Doornfontein, Johannesburg, 2028, South Africa

    Pawan Kumar & Mamookho Elizabeth Makhatha

  2. Mechanical Engineering Department, Supaul College of Engineering, Supaul, India

    Manvendra Tiwari

  3. Mechanical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, Srinagar, India

    Abhijit Dey

  4. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela, India

    Bipin Bihari Verma

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Kumar, P., Tiwari, M., Makhatha, M.E. et al. Effect of Rate of Loading on Jute Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composite. Trans Indian Inst Met 73, 1573–1577 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-020-01934-8

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