Evaluation of Mechanical Property on Palm/Coir Based Polymer Matrix Composites

Abstract

A B S T R A C T Now day's natural fibres as reinforcement have received more attention from the research community all over the world in preparing polymer composites. These natural fibres have lot of advantages over synthetic fibres. In this paper two natural fibers palm and coir reinforced composites were fabricated using com-pression moulding method which was a new effort and was not done elsewhere. Specimens were cut from the fabricated composite plates according to the ASTM standards. Universal Testing Machine was used for testing tensile and flexural strength of the composites. The impact strength of the composites was analyzed using Impact tester. Further wear and moisture absorption tests were also conducted on the prepared specimen. The results obtained through experimentation of both composites were compared and presented. It can be concluded that the developed palm based composite possess superior property and can be rec-ommended for fabrication of light weight high strength automobile parts.