Experimental Investigation on Mechanical Properties of Rice Husk Filled Jute Reinforced Composites

This paper describes the development of new class of epoxy based rice husk filled jute reinforced composites. Rice husk flour is added in 0%, 1%, 3%, 5% by weight. Epoxy resin and triethylenetetramine (T.E.T.A) is used as matrix and hardener respectively. It investigates the mechanical properties of the composites and a comparison is done for monolithic jute composite and the filled ones. The specimens are prepared according to the ASTM standards and experimentation is carried out using INSTRON 8801. The result shows that with the increase of filler percentage the tensile properties increases but compressive and flexural properties decreases.

Authors:

• Priyankar Pratim Deka
• Sutanu Samanta

Keywords:

• Jute
• mechanical characterization
• natural fiber
• rice husk.

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