Effect of recycled rubber powder on mechanical and damping behavior of fibre reinforced composite

  Suneetha Inuganti,  Dr Kadiyala Ravi,  Dr N Mohan rao

This work investigates the effects of recycled rubber powder on tensile and damping behaviour of a woven fabric bi directional composite laminate experimentally. The understanding of mechanical behaviour of composite material is essential for design and application. In Present work mechanical and damping properties of a new class of polymer composite consisting modified epoxy with recycled rubber powder as filler and woven glass fibre as reinforcement. The influences of different volume (0%, 1%, 2%, 4%, 6% and 8%) of the filler material on mechanical properties of the composites were studied. The mechanical characteristics of these composite specimens are experimentally determined using tensile test, flexural test and damping ratio using FFT analyzer as per ASTM standards. The hybrid composite filled with 6% reinforcement show better properties in terms of flexural strength, strength modulus of elasticity and in damping ratio than other composite.

Keywords- E-Glass/epoxy, Rubber powder, damping, Hybrid composite

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1901058
Page Number(s) - 320-324
Pubished in - Volume 7 | Issue 1 | February 2019
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Suneetha Inuganti,  Dr Kadiyala Ravi,  Dr N Mohan rao,   "Effect of recycled rubber powder on mechanical and damping behavior of fibre reinforced composite", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.7, Issue 1, pp.320-324, February 2019, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1901058.pdf