Effect of ceramic fillers on the physical mechanical and morphological analysis of alkaline treated flax fiber reinforced epoxy composites

Abstract

Current and future waste management and environmental legislation require that all engineering materials from end of life products such as automobiles aircraft marine boats and wind turbines are recovered and recycled properly As per European guidelines 2000 53 EC provided by the European commission 85 of the weight of products especially automobiles had to be recyclable by 2015 This percentage of recyclable will be increased to 95 by 2025 In order to face balancing sustainability and cost the automakers are invited to use natural fibers in composites Presently an ecological threat has forced many countries to pass laws for using 95 recyclable materials in transportation industries The using of natural fiber over synthetic based fiber have been increased in various industries like automotive aerospace marine electrical and electronics sports recreation equipments and machinery office equipments due to light weight recyclability biodegradability low processing cost good relative mechanical properties and resistance to corrosion and fatigue This research work aims at studying the possibility of using flax fiber and bamboo fiber a natural fibers obtained from the bast of a plant of the Linaceae family LinumUsitatissimum and bamboo culm followed by removal of diaphragm and nodes respectively newline