Development of jute rope hybrid composite plateusing carbon fibre

Karim Nouri, Md. Ashraful Alam, Mohammad Mohammadhassani, Mohd Zamin Bin Jumaat and Amir Hosein Abna

Abstract

Jute rope is one of the most popular materials used for composites in various industries and in civil engineering. This experimental study investigated two types of jute rope with different diameters for jute rope composite plates to determine the best combination of jute rope and carbon fiber in terms of ratio and physical and mechanical properties. Eight combinations of carbon fiber and jute rope with different percentages of carbon fiber were analyzed. Tensile tests for the jute rope composite plate and hybrid jute rope composite were conducted, and the mechanical and physical properties of the specimens were compared. Thereafter, the ideal combinations of jute rope with an optimum percentage of carbon fiber were identified and recommended. These particular combinations had tensile strengths that were 2.23 times and 1.76 times higher than other varieties in each type.

Key Words

carbon fibre; hybrid; polymer-matrix composites; mechanical properties; jute rope

Address

Karim Nouri and Md. Ashraful Alam: Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia Mohammad Mohammadhassani: Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Mohd Zamin Bin Jumaat: Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia Amir Hosein Abna: Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

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