EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FICUS BENGHALENSIS WITH GYPSUM POLYMER HYBRID FIBER COMPOSITES

Abstract

Now a day, Natural fibers have attracted the researchers for their ease of availability, high tensile strength, low thermal expansion, high strength to weight ratio, low cost and bio-degradability. The present work aims at developing hybrid natural fibers based ceramics composite material. The attractive features of jute, sisal, aleovera, bagasse and banana have been been replaced the natural fibers like their low cost, high strength low thermal expansion, high strength to weight ratio, renewability and biodegradability. The experimental study aims at learning the tensile, impact, flexural and water absorption behavior of ficus - benghalensis with gypsum polymer hybrid natural fibers. The study has been carried out in view of high lighting advantages of natural fibers over synthetic fibers. Different percentage of polyester resin and gypsum powder is used as a Matrix and Banyan tree fiber is used as reinforced material. Material properties of the composite has been studied with the help of different percentage weight ratios of gypsum and it was found 4% of gypsum powder has maximum tensile, flexural strength, energy but less water is absorbed in 14% composition.