Analysis of jute and hollow conjugated polyester fibre reinforced nonwoven composites for functional applications

Abstract

Natural fibres are widely used in different applications and one of the important applications is insulation from thermal sound and mechanical application The research trends in the improvement of thermal and sound insulation of the Jute based composite materials filled with polymer materials are studied by the researchers Jute fibres exhibit admirable heat and sound insulation properties but this has not been completely researched as yet Detailed information related to enrich the functional properties of jute nonwoven reinforced polymer composites based on its design of manufacturing density of composites morphology structural parameters of fibre batting number of layers and recent strategies are discussed for its high performance potential applications Sandwich structure of nonwoven composite is produced by using a compressive hot pressing method It ranges from 2500 grams per square meter gsm to 3500 gsm Composite sample is designed using Box and Behnken model Considering 50 70 weight of Jute fibre content with 30 50 weight of Hollow Conjugated Polyester fibre ideal thickness of the composites is maintained in the range from 4 to 5 mm newline