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A series of short fibre reinforced styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) composites were prepared by incorporating sisal fibres of different lengths and different concentrations. The vulcanization behaviour and the properties of the vulcanizates were measured by the relevant ASTM procedures. The processing characteristics such as green strength and mill shrinkage were improved by the addition of fibres. The properties like tensile strength, tear strength, moduli at 10% and 20% elongations were found to be maximum for composites containing longitudinally oriented fibres of length 6 mm. Mixes containing 35 phr loading of fibres and bonding agent showed better mechanical performance than others. The failure behaviour of tensile and tear specimens have been analysed by scanning electron microscopy techniques.
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Paper presented at the poster session of MRSI AGM VI, Kharagpur, 1995
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Kumar, R.P., Thomas, S. Short fibre elastomer composites: effect of fibre length, orientation, loading and bonding agent. Bull. Mater. Sci. 18, 1021–1029 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02745189
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