Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Nettle-E glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composite: A Numerical and Experimental Approach

TSEGAYE, CHEMERE

dc.contributor.author	TSEGAYE, CHEMERE
dc.date.accessioned	2021-03-04T12:10:13Z
dc.date.available	2021-03-04T12:10:13Z
dc.date.issued	2021-03-04
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/12034
dc.description.abstract	Natural fibers have been found to be excellent reinforcing materials for preparing natural fiber reinforced thermoplastics (NFRT). From that, natural fiber plants like nettle are available in many parts of Ethiopia. The main objective of this study is to fabricate and characterize the mechanical property, such as impact, tensile and bending strength of nettle/glass fiber hybrid composite with epoxy Resin. The hybrid composites were fabricated with nettle fiber: glass fiber: epoxy resin weight percentage at [40%:0%:60%], [30%:10%:60%], [20%:20%:60%], and [10%:30%:60%] by hand lay-up method. Once the samples were fabricated, the test pieces were cut according to ASTM standards and the tests were conducted on Charpy impact testing machine and universal testing machine. The maximum tensile strength, flexural strength, and impact energy were found to be 248.44 MPa, 967.2 MPa, and 60.03 KJ/m2 , respectively as a function of fiber weight fraction. According to the results, the hybrid composite with [30%:10%:60%] weight percentage exhibited the best tensile and bending strength, whereas the [20%:20%:60%] weight ratio displayed the best impact test compared to the rest proportions. The test results of the samples were also analyzed using Finite Element Analysis with ANSYS software to validate the experimental results. Key Words: Nettle Fiber, Glass fiber, Epoxy, Composite, Hand layup fabrication technique, Tensile, Impact and Flexural properties.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	MATERIALS SCIENCE	en_US
dc.title	Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Nettle-E glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composite: A Numerical and Experimental Approach	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US