Engineering and Technology Journal

Abstract

The present study deals with the effects of natural fibers on some mechanical
properties of the Epoxy composite. This research was carried out by reinforcing
the matrix (Epoxy) resin with natural material (cane sugar fibers) and synthetic
fibers (chopped carbon fibers). The natural fibers were exposure to chemical
treatment before reinforcement.
The hybrid composites contain of chopped carbon and cane sugar fibers is
produced using hand lay method. Each sample was reinforced with different
volume fraction such as 30%, 20%, and 10%. After preparation of composite
material some of the mechanical properties flexural and impact tests were studied
of prepared samples.
Cane sugar composite has the higher values (of flexural strength 490.77 MPa and
of impact strength 93.92 KJ/m2 ) than chopped carbon composites (flexural
strength 93.19 MPa and impact strength 23.92 KJ/m2). It was found that the
additions of natural fibers (cane sugar) to chopped carbon fibers improve of the
mechanical properties of hybrid composites