Mechanical Behaviour of Juite and E-Glass Fibre Reinforced Composite Pipes

Composite pipes have become a viable alternative to other traditional materials even in high pressure and aggressive environmental situations. In Several Applications of composite are increasing tremendously along with the concurrent need for knowledge generation in the area. Composite materials have demonstrated their performance as new age versatile alternatives to carbon steel and metallic materials. Although composite pipes are widely used in many domestic and industrial applications With some natural fibers where the properties can be good in comparison with the synthetic fibers which have contributed to this development. The composite pipes prepared with natural fiber mat showed lower mechanical properties compared to pipes with glass mat. For this reason to use a hybrid design for the pipe which makes use of glass mat fabrics and natural fiber mats. The aim of the present work was to investigate the hybridization of glass fibers with natural fibers for in the piping applications. The pipes are made by 250,300 and 450gsm glass fibers and 150,220 and 340 gsm jute fibers. While the resin and hardener compositions were 10:1 respectively. The fabricated composite pipes to be tested as per ASTM standards to evaluate mechanical properties such as tensile strength, flexural strength, impact strength, hardness test and water absorption test.