Comparative Study on Mechanical Properties of Bamboo and Bamboo-glass Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Composites

Mahir Asif; Kazi Adnan Rahman; Mohammad Omar Faisal; Md Shariful Islam

doi:10.38032/jea.2020.01.002

Authors

Mahir Asif Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna 9203, Bangladesh
Kazi Adnan Rahman Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna 9203, Bangladesh
Mohammad Omar Faisal Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna 9203, Bangladesh
Md Shariful Islam Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna 9203, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38032/jea.2020.01.002

Keywords:

Bamboo strip;, Hybrid composite;, Tensile strength;, Flexural strength

Abstract

In this paper, mechanical properties of bamboo strip and bamboo strip-glass fiber reinforced hybrid composite were investigated. Composites were manufactured by using hand lay-up technique and bamboo strips were made from locally available bamboo. Four layers of bamboo strip composite were manufactured and in case of hybrid composite, two layers of glass fiber one at the top and the other at the bottom were used with the aim was to observe the effect of adding glass fiber layer on the mechanical properties of bamboo strip composite. Tensile and flexural properties were studied and it was found that adding the glass fiber layer doesn’t have any significant effect on tensile properties but flexural strength and modulus have increased by 22.49 % and 15.02 % respectively.

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