DAYANANDA SAGAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

(An Autonomous Institute affiliated to VTU, Approved by AICTE & ISO 9001:2008 Certified)
Accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with ‘A’ grade
Shavige Malleshwara Hills, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bengaluru-560078

Department of Mechanical Engineering

(Accredited by NBA)

Details of Final Year Project 2019-20

Project Title: DEVELOPMENT OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL USING
SUGARCANE BAGASSE, SISAL AND JUTE MATERIAL
BY USING SIMPLE HAND LAY-UP TECHNIQUE

Abstract:
Now a days, the natural fibres from renewable natural resources offer the potential to act as a
reinforcing material for polymer composites alternative to the use of glass, carbon and other
manmade fibres. Among various fibres, jute is most widely used natural fibre due to its advantages
like easy availability, low density, low production cost and satisfactory mechanical properties. For a
composite material, its mechanical behavior depends on many factors such as fibre content,
orientation, types, length etc.

A hybrid composite is a combination of two or more different types of fibre in which one type of
fibre balance the deficiency of another fibre. Composites of various compositions with three different
fibre loading (30wt%, 40wt% and 50wt%) and three different fibre orientation (0°, 30° and 60°) are
fabricated using simple hand lay-up technique. It has been observed that there is a significant effect
of fibre loading and orientation on the performance of jute/glass fibre reinforced epoxy based hybrid

OBJECTIVES:
 The present study concentrates on the development of natural composite and to utilize
the advantages offered by renewable sources.
 Composites are developed by hand layup technique using sugarcane bagasse, jute, sisal
fiber, epoxy and hardner. Specimens are cut according to the ASTM standard.
 The hybrid composites are developed with different reinforcements of orientations such
as 0º, 30º, and 45 º.
 The various tests are conducted to determine the mechanical properties
 Literature Survey:
 Leao et al (2010) examined the industrial applicability of Pineapple leaf fiber, mainly for
production of composite materials and special papers, chemical feedstocks and fabrics.
 Armecin et al (2011) conducted a study to provide baseline data on the agro ecosystem
characteristics.. They revealed that the most common companion crops for abaca were Erythrina
fusca and Pterocarpus indicus, coconut, fruit trees, and other forest trees.
 Roy et al (2012) made composite with short jute and the pellets of polypropylene to make
composites with the help of an extrude followed by compression molding. They found that the
mechanical properties of the composites increased with the increase of fibre content up to 20%,
then decreased while the jute content varied from 5 to 30wt%.

Reference:

 ACI Committee 544, Fibre Reinforced Concrete, SP-81, American Concrete Institute, Detroit,
 Mansur, M. A., “Jute Fibre Reinforced Composite Building Materials,” Proc. 2nd Australian
Conf. Eng. Materials, University of New South Wales, (585-596).
 Paramasivan, P.; Nathan, G. K.; and Das Gupta, N. C., “Coconut Fibre Reinforced Corrugated
Slabs,” Int. J. Cement Composites and Lightweight Concrete, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. (19-27).

SN STUDENT NAME USN SIGNATURE

1 NANDISH M 1DS16ME088

2 PRAVEEN L V 1DS16ME104

3 B MANJUNATH 1DS16ME036

4 ABHILASH T B 1DS17ME400

GUIDE NAME DESIGNATION SIGNATURE

1 Mr.MANJUNATH PATTAR Assistant professor