STUDY ON TENSILE BEHAVIOUR OF SANCEVARIA TRIFASCIATA LAURENTII POLYESTER COMPOSITES
Keywords:
Sansevieria, trifasciata, laurentii, fibers, TensileProperties, Random, orientation, polyester resinAbstract
In this article, an attempt is made to study the tensile properties of randomly oriented short Sansevieria trifasciata laurentii fibers /polyester (STLFP) composites. The fibers were extracted from Sansevieria trifasciata laurentii plants by manual process. The Composites were fabricated with varying fibre lengths of STLF and weight percentage. From this study, it is observed that the increase in weight percentage of the STLF fibres increases the tensile properties of the composite.up to 20% weight percentage of fibre and then further increase in fibre weight percentage reduces the tensile property.
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