FLEXURAL ANALYSIS OF SANDWICH PANEL WITH CORE AS JUTE FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITE
Pritesh Kailas Patil
School of Mechanical and Building Science, VIT University, Vellore-632014, India.
Pritam Tanaji Mane
School of Mechanical and Building Science, VIT University, Vellore-632014, India.
Shashikant Tiwari
School of Mechanical and Building Science, VIT University, Vellore-632014, India.
G. Venkatachalam
School of Mechanical and Building Science, VIT University, Vellore-632014, India.
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Vol: 6, Issue: 1, 2016
Receiving Date:
2015-11-25
Acceptance Date:
2015-12-22
Publication Date:
2016-01-20
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Abstract
Natural Fibre- reinforced polymer matrix composite materials has gain importance by virtue of their light
weight. An attempt is made within this study to fabricate sandwich panel with jute fibre reinforced
polymer composite as core and also Aluminium as face sheet. Flexural analysis of fabricated sandwich
panel is furthermore performed. The hybrid polymer matrix, present in the core, is prepared by blending
general purpose resin and cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL). The core thickness, fibre volume and the fibre
length are varied and its effect on the flexural behaviour is examined. INSTRON machine is used to carry
out the three point bending test, to study its flexural behaviour. Utilizing the ANOVA method, the impact
of distinctive parameters on the flexural stress is examined, and a regression equation has been obtained
exhibiting the influence of the parameters.
Keywords:
Sandwich Panel, Polymer matrix composite, Jute fibre, General purpose Resin, CNSL, Flexural test.
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