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FEA-Based Prediction of Tensile and Flexural Properties of Green Composites Under Different Fiber Loading

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This study presents the tensile and flexural behavior of the natural fiber-based green composite. Unidirectional bamboo fiber and polylactic acid (PLA) were chosen to design and model the green composite. The tensile and flexural specimens of the green composite were modeled by using ABAQUS 6.14. The properties of the green composite were estimated by varying the fiber loading from 10 to 30 wt.%. The damage to the green composite was also predicted by using the Hashin damage criteria. The simulated results of tensile and flexural strength and modulus were also compared with the published experimental findings.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, 793003, India

    Gorrepotu Surya Rao, Kishore Debnath & Rabindra Narayan Mahapatra

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

    P. K. Jain

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    J. Ramkumar

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

    V. Prabhu Raja

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

    M. Kalayarasan

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Rao, G.S., Debnath, K., Mahapatra, R.N. (2023). FEA-Based Prediction of Tensile and Flexural Properties of Green Composites Under Different Fiber Loading. In: Jain, P.K., Ramkumar, J., Prabhu Raja, V., Kalayarasan, M. (eds) Advances in Simulation, Product Design and Development. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4556-4_18

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