Effect of Mechanical Properties on Jute Fiber Reinforced By E-Glass Fiber When Treated to Change in Environment.

Abstract

Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are used in various atmospheric conditions, tests are under gone for their various stress concentrations when subjected to different atmospheric conditions related to their thermal expansions .The present work aims to study the change in effects when they were subjected to hygrothermal conditioning cycles like change in temperature keeping humidity as constant and change in humidity keeping temperature as constant on Jute/ E-glass composites. Observations on tensile tests, hardness and absorption/desorption were noticed to be dependent on the nature of hygrothermal effects and SEM analysis was conducted on the specimens.