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Dynamic mechanical and fracture morphology of kevlar fiber filled groundnut reinforced epoxy composites

  • Selvaraj Anidha , Nachimuthu Latha and Manickam Muthukkumar
Published/Copyright: August 30, 2019
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Abstract

The present study deals with the synthesis and characterization of Kevlar fibers produced by a condensation reaction of para-phenylenediamine with terephthaloyl chloride. The composites were fabricatedusing a 5 % KFs fiber loading for groundnut/epoxy at varied filler loadings by means of hand lay-up. We have evaluated dynamic mechanical properties such as the tensile, flexural and impact strength ofgroundnut/epoxy composites reinforced with Kevlar fibers. All the dynamic mechanical properties were performed as per the essential American Society of Testing and Methods standards. The Groundnut/epoxy hybrid composite reinforced with synthesized Kevlar fibers has a high tensile, flexural and impact strength. A composite treated in this manner has high dynamic mechanical properties which make it suitable for a number of applications in engineering industries.


Correspondence Address, Assist. Prof. Dr. Nachimuthu Latha, Department of Chemistry, Kandaswami Kandar's College, P. Velur 638182, Namakkal (DT), Tamil Nadu, India, E-mail:

Selvaraj Anidha, born in 1984, received her M.PhiI in Inorganic Chemistry at Periyar University, Salem, India in 2008. She has around 12 years of professional experience in teaching and research. Currently, she is working as a part time Research scholar at Kandaswami Kandar's College, P. Velur, Namakkal (DT), Tamil Nadu, India.

Dr. Nachimuthu Latha, born in 1976, received her M.Phil in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Madras, Madras (Chennai) in 2000 and her PhD at Periyar University, Salem, India in 2012. She has 18 years of professional experience in teaching and research. Her research interests include functional nanomaterials, coating on aluminium, green composite materials and polymers. Currently, she is working as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Kandaswami Kandar's College, P. Velur, Namakkal (DT), Tamil Nadu, India.

Dr. Manickam Muthukkumar, born in 1973, is currently Head and Assistant Professor at Selvamm Arts & Science College, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India. He obtained his Ph.D degree studying the macro cyclic compound of inorganic chemistry. His current research interests are polymer, schiff base metal complexes and composites materials. He has around 19 years of professional experience in teaching and research.


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Published Online: 2019-08-30
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