Adhesive joining of sisal/jute/hybrid composites with drilled holes in lap area

Abstract

Growing awareness about sustainable development and the environmental problems involved in using nonbiodegradable materials has motivated the research community to develop environment-friendly materials. Developments have been achieved in the field of natural fibers and biopolymers, still there remain unanswered questions regarding the high-quality cost-effective manufacturing of natural fiber reinforced composites. The natural fiber-based polymeric composites are being used extensively in engineering applications, especially in the nonstructural parts and components. Near-net processing techniques such as compression molding, extrusion, and injection molding are well-developed for natural fiber reinforced composites. However, secondary processes such as joining, machining, and surface modification are still unexplored and need to be investigated in detail. The present research endeavor is an attempt to experimentally investigate the adhesive joining behavior of jute/sisal reinforced epoxy composites. The laminates based on three different material configurations in woven mat form, namely, pure jute, pure sisal, and hybrid jute/sisal reinforced epoxy have been fabricated by hand layup process. Different lap joint configurations with through holes in adherends overlapping area have been investigated. It has been established experimentally that the holes in the adherends provide a hinge-effect in the overlapping area and help in defining the failure load of the composite joint. The different arrangement of holes has been investigated and the best design of hole arrangement has been proposed for adhesive joining of jute/sisal fiber reinforced epoxy laminates. It was found that the holes (filled with an epoxy adhesive) in the overlap area result in 6–18% improvement in the failure load for different materials as compared to the joints with only adhesive bonding. Moreover, the field-emission scanning electron microscopy micrographs have been used to understand the failure mechanism of the adhesively bonded natural fiber reinforced composite laminates.

Keywords

Composites sisal-jute-hybrid natural fibers epoxy adhesive single-lap joining hand-lay-up field-emission scanning electron microscopy

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