THE MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF JUTE FIBER AND GLASS FIBER (HYBRID) AS REINFORCEMENT FOR POLYMER MATRIX POLYESTER IN HYBRID TABLE

Abstract

The present study of the hybridization of natural fibers (e.g jute) and glass fibre will promise better mechanical and physical properties of polymer matrix. The present study attempted to hybridize the jute fibre and glass fibre to be reinforced with polyester as biocomposite material in replace of the conventional composite materials. The application of biobased polyester as biocomposite matrix contributes to the development of “green” high performance materials. The mechanical characteristics in terms of tensile test and flexural strength were then compared after the reinforcement of jute fibre. Results showed that jute fiber reinforced polyester has high tensile stress to withstand maximum load at 11.30 MPa. The development of hybrid table with honeycomb proved it has higher tensile modulus than honeycomb alone. It means that it has higher flexure extension and lower flexure stress. The jute- honeycomb flexure result shows that its tensile modulus, 117.58 MPa was much higher than the honeycomb at 24.66 MPa. This hybrid table actual force can withstand up to 1164.32 N with two beams. The introduction of newly hybrid material, jute and glass fibre had proven can improve the mechanical properties of the biocomposite material.