Mechanical Testing of Hybrid Composite Material (Sisal and Coir)

The global demand for wood as a building material is steadily growing, while the availability of this natural resource is diminishing. This situation has led to the development of alternative materials. Of the various synthetic materials that have been explored and advocated, polymer composites claim a major participation as building materials. There has been a growing interest in utilizing natural fibres as reinforcement in polymer composite for making low cost construction materials in recent years. Natural fibres are prospective reinforcing materials and their use until now has been more traditional than technical. Among this paper concern Evaluation of mechanical properties such as tensile strength, flexural strength and impact strength for different fibre length and fibre volume fraction Specimen1 [3mm] Sisal (25%) coir (15%), Specimen 2 [3mm] Sisal (20%) coir (20%), Specimen 3[5mm] Sisal (20%) coir (20%). Sisal and coir fibers used as reinforcement materials with matrix of Epoxy resin to manufacturing of composite plate by hand lay-up process and cut into that as per ASTM for testing the materials.