Experimental investigation of mechanical properties of sisal fiber and rice husk reinforced polymer composite

Abstract

In this research, sisal fiber as the major reinforcement and rice husk as an additional fiber to improve the mechanical property of polymer composite with resin ECMALON 4413 as the base material prepared by hand layup process according to ASTM standards.Test specimens are prepared with different % weight of sisal fiber and a small percentage of rice husks are added and tests were conducted.Thus, improvement in mechanical properties of the hybrid composite material is observed.With the SEM analysis the conclusion of the project is made for compatibility of sisal and rice husk with Resin ECMALON 4413 and the interfacial bonding between matrix and reinforcement is observed.