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Response of Coconut Coir Filler-Reinforced Epoxy Composite Toward Cyclic Loading: Fatigue Property Evaluation

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Natural fiber-reinforced plastics possess several ecological and economic benefits over synthetic polymer composites. However, their sustainability and durability under severe structure loading conditions are of potential concern. The present research work investigates the fatigue behavior and performance of coir filler-reinforced epoxy composites to find its budding commercial applications. Composite samples are fabricated with four different weight percentages of untreated and alkali treated coir filler. Alkaline treatment of coir fillers is carried out with 5 wt% aqueous sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution to suppress the hydrophobic character of bio-filler sand and improve its mechanical properties. Four different weight percentages of untreated and treated fillers, viz. 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10%, were selected for sample preparation along with neat polymer samples. Fatigue tests of the samples are carried out up to a maximum of 106 cycles considering the filler content and loading level variation and the corresponding Wohler (S–N) curves are established. An increase in fatigue life and load bearing capacity is observed with an increase in filler loading for untreated samples. However, the alkaline treatment showed a detrimental effect on fatigue life although it improved the load bearing capacity.

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The authors acknowledge the facilities provided by Machine element laboratory, NIT Silchar and CIF-BIT Mesra, Jharkhand for conducting experiments. The authors also wish to acknowledge the support provided by Ministry of Education, India for supporting the research of the first and second author.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, India

    Faladrum Sharma

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Silchar, Assam, India

    Faladrum Sharma, Rahul Kumar & Sumit Bhowmik

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Rahul Kumar

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Sharma, F., Kumar, R., Bhowmik, S. (2023). Response of Coconut Coir Filler-Reinforced Epoxy Composite Toward Cyclic Loading: Fatigue Property Evaluation. In: Joshi, S.N., Dixit, U.S., Mittal, R.K., Bag, S. (eds) Low Cost Manufacturing Technologies. NERC 2022. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8452-5_17

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