TY - JOUR AU - Alam, Md. Jahangir AU - Dewan, Mohammad Washim AU - Paul, Sojib Kummer AU - Sharmin, Khurshida PY - 2022/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Investigation of Jute and Glass Fibre Reinforced Hybrid Composites Manufactured through Compression Molding Process JF - International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture JA - IJEMM VL - 7 IS - 1 SE - Research DO - 10.26776/ijemm.07.01.2022.04 UR - https://www.deerhillpublishing.com/index.php/ijemm/article/view/218 SP - 35-46 AB - <p>Expensive and non-biodegradable synthetic fibres are commonly utilized as reinforcement in composites for better mechanical properties. The eco-friendly and low-cost properties of natural fibres are promising alternative reinforcement for composites. In this study epoxy-based glass and jute fibres reinforced hybrid composites are fabricated varying fibre stacking sequences, 1jute-1glass alternatively (j-g-j-) and 4glass-9jute-4glass (4g-9j-4g). Hybridization of jute and glass fibre results better tensile, flexural and water absorption properties than only jute fibre reinforced composites but inferior to only glass fibre reinforced composites. The 4g-9j-4g stacking sequence resulted in better mechanical and water absorption properties than j-g-j-- stacking sequence. The effect of chemical treatment and glass microfiber infusion are also investigated. Chemically treated jute fibre and 2 wt.% microfiber infused hybrid composite shows about 42% improvements in flexural strength as compared to untreated and without microfiber infused composites. However, fibre chemical treatment and microfiber do not have a positive impact on tensile strength.</p> ER -