Mechanical Characterization of Hybrid Bamboo/E-Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer Epoxy Composites

Conventional fiber reinforced plastics (FRP’s) have long been important if not indispensable in many crucial applications such as transportation, renewable energy, defense applications, as well as many others. Composite materials are of interest to these industries due to their attractive properties including high strength to weight ratio and high modulus to weight ratio. Comprehensive research has been conducted on conventional composite materials to optimize their processing parameters as well as optimize their mechanical behavior and reliability. Although composites provide excellent mechanical properties, certain applications demand improved mechanical behavior as well as the presence of additional properties. Recent developments in polymers have developed nanocomposites, which are composites reinforced by nanopowders.In these materials, the nanopowders have shown great enhancements in mechanical properties, thermal properties, and electrical properties. Never the less, these composites lack the strength for applications where FRP’s are currently used. The addition of nanopowders as reinforcement to conventional composites shows great promise to not only enhance the existing properties of these composites, but also add many other properties that would maximize their applications. The objective of this project work is toinvestigate the fiber orientation reinforced hybridpolymer nanocomposites that combine with hybrid composites i.e BAMBOO/E-GLASS and epoxy polymer in the ratio of 0.1wt %, 0.2 wt% and 0.3 wt% percent of volume are to be considered. The mechanical properties are to be calculating by carrying out tests on specimens intension, compression and flexure in accordance with the test procedure laid down in ASTM standards. Finally after obtaining the tested results, those values are checked