• G.Velmurugan
• S.Balasundaram
• Vaishnav V
• Anurag A
• R Santhosh

The recent interest in composite materials reinforced with natural fibers has considerably increased, due to the new environmental legislation as well as consumer pressure that forced manufacturing industries to search substitutes for the conventional materials. The natural, bio-degradable features and chemical constituents of the sugarcane bagasse (SCB) have attracted the attention of current industries as a highly versatile and potential ingredient in composite materials. The present work intent to investigate the mechanical properties of sugarcane bagasse fiber reinforced composite with araldite matrix. The Major role of the composite is reducing the weight of component to increase the strength of the material (Weight-off ratio). Bagasse fiber was powdered with various fiber volume fractions. For the first case, bagasse fiber of 60% volume is mixed with 40% resin and in the second case 40% of fiber with 60 % resin. SCB fiber is mixed with araldite resin and the composite plate was manufactured by hand lay-up method. After curing, the testing specimen was cut out from the composite plate as per ASTM Dimensions. The specimens are tested to evaluate the mechanical properties with tensile test, impact test, flexural test and moisture test. The properties of various testing results are compared and the best volume fraction is concluded from both the cases.

Araldite resin, ASTM, Bagasse, Mechanical test, Moisture test.

"MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR DETERMINATION OF SUGARCANE BAGASSE FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no.d518-d527, May-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205483.pdf

"MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR DETERMINATION OF SUGARCANE BAGASSE FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no. ppd518-d527, May-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205483.pdf