Effect of Fly Ash Hybriding on the Mechanical Properties of Banana Fiber Hybrid Composites

G.Ganesh kumar, S.K. RajeshKanna

Banana fiber, Epoxy resin, Fly ash, Hardener, Hybrid composite.

Banana fiber reinforced composites have attracted the attention of research community mainly because they are turning out to be an alternative to synthetic fiber. Various reinforcements and hybridization of composite materials results in the desired properties. In this research, banana fibers as reinforcement hybrid with fly ash have been used as composite for characterization of mechanical behavior. Hybrid epoxy polymer composite was fabricated using chopped banana and lengthy fiber and the SME analysis was also studied. It is found that the addition of fly ash with the composite improved the mechanical properties of the composite.