Effect of Bio- Filler on Tensile and Compressive Behavior of Bidirectional E-Glass Reinforced with Epoxy Plastics

Fibre reinforced plastics are considered as light wei ght industry ready products by offering its remarka ble high strength for the less weight, corrosion resistance, easy of processing and better control over the geom try of the parts to be made. Blending of polymers or compounding polymer s with different fillers is a rather simple way to pr oduce new polymeric materials with desired properties. Product ion and uses of particulate-filled polymer composit es have increased intensively because of favorable cost/performance r atio. The cost reduction, as a primary interest of adding mineral fillers to polymers, has transformed during the tim e into increasing demands to fulfill a function rol e of polymer matrix composites. The unique and diverse characteristics of composites materials have increased in many fold s. In the present research, experiment has been successfully carried out by synthesizing E-glass/epoxy composites with mu ssels shells powder added in different percentage (i.e. 0%, 6%, 1 2%, & 18 %.). Mechanical tests have been conducted according ASTM standard. It was observed from the results that adding of mussel shell powder influence greatly on the basic properties of polymer matrix material. The samples under tensile loading with varied filler percentage has no much effect on improving tensile strength where as sampl e loaded with upmost quantity bears higher compres sive strength than the rest