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Experimental Investigation and Mathematical Modeling of Longitudinally Placed Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymeric Composites including Interphase Volume Fraction

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The influence of interphase on the tensile property of composite is examined in the present study. For this, fabrication of composite (FOC) is carried out using natural fibers: bamboo fiber and jute fiber and polyester resin as per the hand layup technique. The fibers are arranged in a longitudinal direction with varying the volume fraction of fiber (vf). The tensile testing of fibers, polyester and composites are held on the universal testing machine (UTM) and evaluated experimental tensile properties: tensile strength (TS) and elastic modulus (E). The mathematical models are proposed to measure the influence of interphase on the longitudinal elastic modulus of composite (Ecl) for longitudinally placed unidirectional fiber-reinforced polymer composites (LUDFPC) with varying interphase volume fraction (vi). The different interphase property variations: linear variation, hyperbolic variation, parabolic variation, powerlaw variation and exponential are considered in the modeling of composite and measure its effect on Ecl. The comparative study of proposed models with other researchers’ models is carried out. The validation of developed models is carried out using other researchers’ experimental data. The present study signifies the important outcome as vi should be around 15 % to 20 % of vf to predict Ecl; Parabolic variation is recommended for the prediction of Ecl.

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Abbreviations

Ef :

Elastic modulus of fiber

Ei :

Elastic modulus of interphase

Em :

Elastic modulus of matrix

Ec :

Elastic modulus of composite

Ecl :

Longitudinal elastic modulus of composite

Ect :

Transverse elastic modulus of composite

vf :

Volume fraction of fiber

vi :

Interphase volume fraction OR Volume fraction of interphase

vm :

Volume fraction of matrix

Vfv :

Volume of fiber

Vf1 :

New volume of fiber

Vm :

Volume of matrix

Vc :

Volume of composite

rf :

Radius of fiber

ri :

Radius of interphase

rf1 :

New radius of fiber

ti :

Thickness of interphase

wf :

Weight fraction of fiber

wm :

Weight fraction of matrix

ρf :

Density of fiber

ρm :

Density of matrix

TS:

Tensile strength

FS:

Flexural strength

FM:

Flexural modulus

RVE:

Representative volume element

NFC:

Natural fiber composites

LUDBPC-1:

Longitudinally placed unidirectional bamboo/polyester composites at vfl

LUDBPC-2:

Longitudinally placed unidirectional bamboo/polyester composites at vf2

LUDBPC-3:

Longitudinally placed unidirectional bamboo/polyester composites at vf3

LUDBPC-4:

Longitudinally placed unidirectional bamboo/polyester composites at vf4

LUDJPC-1:

Longitudinally placed unidirectional jute/polyester composites at vf1

LUDJPC-2:

Longitudinally placed unidirectional jute/polyester composites at vf2

LUDJPC-3:

Longitudinally placed unidirectional jute/polyester composites at vf3

LUDJPC-4:

Longitudinally placed unidirectional jute/polyester composites at vf4

LUDFPC:

Longitudinally placed unidirectional fiber-reinforced polymer composites

LUDBPC:

Longitudinally placed unidirectional bamboo/polyester composites

LUDJPC:

Longitudinally placed unidirectional jute polyester composites

FEC:

Flax/Epoxy Composites

BPC:

Banana/Polyester Composites

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Chokshi, S., Gohil, P. Experimental Investigation and Mathematical Modeling of Longitudinally Placed Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymeric Composites including Interphase Volume Fraction. Fibers Polym 23, 488–501 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-021-2087-2

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