Open AccessVibration Characteristics of Composite Beam Having Flax, Aloevera and Sisal Fibers as Reinforcements
Author(s) -
P Thomas,
VM Sreehari
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and advanced technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2249-8958
DOI - 10.35940/ijeat.b3160.129219
Subject(s) - composite material , epoxy , materials science , composite number , sisal , beam (structure) , natural fiber , vibration , structural engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
Composites are highly significant due to their various advantages and natural fibre reinforced composites can be vastly used in automobile and aircraft interior applications. This paper principally deals with natural fibre reinforced composite (NFC) in which flax, aloevera, sisal fibres are selected to be reinforced in epoxy matrix (as inner laminate layers) and is used in combination with glass-epoxy (as outer laminate layers). Such composite beam structures are analysed in Ansys software employing FEM. The comparison for various NFCs is presented by evaluating effect on natural frequency due to various parametric variations like laminate stacking sequence, material hybridization, and presence of cut out.