A Study on Erosion and Mechanical Behavior of Jute/E-Glass Hybrid Composite

Jute/E-Glass reinforced hybrid composite at 30% reinforcement were fabricated using hand lay-up technique. Five different hybrid combinations of Jute and E-glass were tested. It was observed that hybridization of jute/E-glass imparts better mechanical and wear properties than individual fiber reinforced composite. 150% increment observed on tensile properties of hybrid composite specimens. It is concluded that Specific wear tends to increase by increasing load for every specimen. The studyof combinations indicates that although the jute based composites exhibit relatively inferior mechanical properties, but when clubbed with E-glass fiber their properties enhanced by manifolds. It further indicatesthat the incorporation of E-glass fiber results in improvement of erosion wear resistance of Jute/E-Glass fiber composites. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.