Assessment on mechanical and tribological analysis of natural fiber reinforced polyester filled with dual filler composite optimization using taguchi and grey rational analysis

Abstract

Polymers are now widely employed in a diverse set of uses, from everyday items to highly complex industrial equipment. Despite the fact that polymers have a broad variety of applications, it is difficult to avoid their use, despite the fact that they cause environmental problems. Because of their benefits over traditional materials, polymers have supplanted many traditional materials. Polymer matrix composites are made by reinforcing polymers with fiber to increase their characteristics. Fibers are commonly utilized as reinforcement with polymers to produce polymer-based composites, particularly in industries such as aerospace and automotive, where low weight-to-strength ratios are important. Natural fibers are crucial in the development of high-performance, totally compostable quotgreenquot composites, which should be a major material in future environmental solutions. There are two main types of fibers used for preparing composites, named synthetic and natural fibers. Plants, animals, and their products in general provide natural fibers. Synthetic fibers are fibers which are prepared with the help of chemicals and are known as synthetic fibers. Compared to manmade fibers, these natural fibers provide a variety of advantages. In this work, the synergistic impact on mechanical, moisture absorption, and surface properties of a newly identified combination of fillers added to composites using natural jute, coir, and jute coir as the reinforcement phase in a polyester resin based polymer matrix at dry and wet conditions was examined. Jute and coir are potentially available in India. This is the right way to develop the accessible jute and coir-based industries to increase the development of new commercial products. One of the promising technologies that will achieve this goal is the improvement of jute coir polyester composites.