Prediction of tensile properties of hybrid-natural fiber composites

Abstract The tensile strength and modulus of short, randomly oriented hybrid-natural fiber composite was found out experimentally and also predicted using Rule of Hybrid Mixture (RoHM). Hybrid composites were prepared using banana/sisal fibers of 40:0, 30:10, 20:20, 10:30, and 0:40 ratios, while overall fiber volume fraction was fixed as 0.4 V f . The comparison between experimental and RoHM showed that they are in good agreement.

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