Abstracts Book - IMRC 2018

• SE2-P065
BENDING BEHAVIOR OF AN HYBRID LAMINATED COMPOSITE
REINFORCED WITH NATURAL FIBERS (JUTE) AND STEEL MESH
Antonio Mosqueda Sanchez 1 , Victor Sauce Rangel 1 , Alfonso Espinosa Picazo 2
1 Instituto Politécnico Nacional - IPN, Laboratorio de Ingenieria de Materiales, Mexico. 2 Instituto
Politécnico Nacional - IPN, Laboratorio de Ensaye de Materiales, Mexico.
The use of composite materials has grown significantly in aeronautic,
automotive, naval, defense industries and construction sectors for substituting
conventional materials such as steel, aluminum and other alloy materials.
Recently an increasing use of composites reinforced with natural fibers has
ocurred, due vegetable fibers are renewable, biodegradable and available
throughout the world, besides they are strong, light, abundant and cheap. The
objective of this work was to study the static flexural strength of hybrid
laminates fabricated with jute natural fiber and steel mesh as reinforcement of
an epoxy resin. Static tests were performed in three point bending to evaluate
flexural strength properties, test specimens were obtained based on ASTM D
2344 Standard and tested with an universal testing machine (10 tons). This study
shows that addition of steel mesh in hybrid composites improves the flexural
strength significantly.
Acknowledgment:
Special acknowledgment for Instituto Politecnico Nacional (ESIME Unidad
Ticoman), Mexico, for support this research.
Keywords: Composite, Hybrid, Jute
Presenting authors email: amosqueda@ipn.mx