Predicting the best Tensile Strength of Banana-Bamboo-Glass fiber reinforced Natural fiber composites using Taguchi method

摘要

The developments in the field of composite materials are phenomenal. The use of natural fibers in the field of composite material is gaining importance. This is due to the advantages of natural fibers: they are eco-friendly, easily available, non-abrasive and cost effective. The combination of natural fiber with Glass fibers is used widely in many applications. In the current investigation Banana - Bamboo - Glass fiber reinforced composites is fabricated by Hand - Layup technique with varying fiber orientation and is tested for its tensile strength and the combination that would yield the best tensile strength is identified by using Taguchi Method.