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Fabrication and Testing of Rice Straw Reinforced Polymer Composites


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1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, R. V. R. & J.C. College of Engineering, Guntur - 522 019, Andhra Pradesh, India
     

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The main aim of this work is to investigate the tensile, flexural and impact properties of rice straw fibre reinforced polyester composites. Unsaturated polyester resin has been chosen as the matrix material because it is relatively cheap, lower shrinkage and can be moulded at room temperature.


Keywords

Rice Straw Fibre, Polyester Resin, Mechanical Properties, Fibre Volume Fraction, Chemically Treated Fibre.
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Authors

B. Ramgopal Reddy
Department of Mechanical Engineering, R. V. R. & J.C. College of Engineering, Guntur - 522 019, Andhra Pradesh, India
K. Siva
Department of Mechanical Engineering, R. V. R. & J.C. College of Engineering, Guntur - 522 019, Andhra Pradesh, India
M. Vinay Kumar
Department of Mechanical Engineering, R. V. R. & J.C. College of Engineering, Guntur - 522 019, Andhra Pradesh, India
Sk. Abbas Shareef
Department of Mechanical Engineering, R. V. R. & J.C. College of Engineering, Guntur - 522 019, Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract


The main aim of this work is to investigate the tensile, flexural and impact properties of rice straw fibre reinforced polyester composites. Unsaturated polyester resin has been chosen as the matrix material because it is relatively cheap, lower shrinkage and can be moulded at room temperature.


Keywords


Rice Straw Fibre, Polyester Resin, Mechanical Properties, Fibre Volume Fraction, Chemically Treated Fibre.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.24906/isc%2F2013%2Fv27%2Fi6%2F177644