TY  - JOUR
T1  - Development and Characterisation of Eco-Friendly 40% v/v Hybrid
Banana/Sisal Fibers-Natural Rubber Latex Composite
AU - Gopakumar, R. AU - Rajesh, R. 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 10
SP  - 3505
EP  - 3510
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.3505.3510
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.3505.3510
KW  - Hybrid composites
KW  -rubber latex
KW  -hybrid (B/S) fiber
KW  -sisal fiber
KW  -mechanical properties
KW  -elastomers
KW  -vegetable fibers
KW  -eco-friendly materials
AB  - The environmentally hazardous, non bio-degradable, toxic nature of synthetic materials and
the depletion of their resources have necessitated engineers to look for eco-friendly, non-hazardous,
bio-degradable, atoxic and obtained from renewable sources for a sustainable development. Hence, low cost
vegetable fibers like banana fibers, sisal, flax, ramie, coir, pineapple, etc. are used as viable alternative to the
synthetic fibers. This research aims to develop a hybrid composite with unidirectional, continuous and 40%
v/v hybrid of banana fiber and sisal fibers (1:1) natural rubber latex and characterise its mechanical properties
like tensile strength, tear strength and hardness for both longitudinal (0°) and transverse fiber orientations (90°).
Tensile strength and Tear strength for 0° fibre orientations were found to increase by 42.5 and 282.72% over
pure latex sample, respectively. Samples with 90° fiber loadings also showed improved strengths.
ER  -