Experimental Study on Mechanical Strength Characteristics of Natural Fiber and Fly Ash Composite Materials for Versatile Applications

P. Manikandan, S. Rahul, P. Chakravarthi, S. Gokul, M. Dharani Krishnan, B. Dhanush

2025

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanical strength characteristics of composite materials made from natural fibers and fly ash (FA), with a focus on evaluating their suitability for versatile industrial applications. Pineapple Leaf Fiber (PALF), extracted from pineapple leaves and fly ash (FA) Group 1 Different weight percentages of FA (3%, 6%, and 9%) are added to PALF-reinforced epoxy composites with varied PALF concentrations (10%, 20%, and 30%) using the hand layup procedure. In order to create the composite, epoxy resin and hardener are mixed, and PALF and fly ash are added in different weight ratios (for example, 30% PALF and 5% fly ash for set 1, 25% PALF and 10% fly ash for set 2). After giving the mixture a good stir and vacuum-degassing it to eliminate any air bubbles, it is placed into a heated mold and squeezed for 30 minutes at 120°C and 10 MPa pressure Result: It has the maximum tensile, flexural, and compressive strengths of 21.77 MPa, 68.65 MPa, and 23.27 MPa, respectively. The impact strength, which is 0.30 kJ/m2. Significance is 0.018. Conclusion: Natural fibers were found to have mechanical properties with good results of hardness, tensile strength, and flexural strength. Fly ash composites show comparable properties to ash-free composites. Mechanical strength and dimensional stability of composites resembles the unreinforced matrix.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Manikandan P., Rahul S., Chakravarthi P., Gokul S., Krishnan M. and Dhanush B. (2025). Experimental Study on Mechanical Strength Characteristics of Natural Fiber and Fly Ash Composite Materials for Versatile Applications. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research and Development in Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies - ICRDICCT`25; ISBN 978-989-758-777-1, SciTePress, pages 483-490. DOI: 10.5220/0013900300004919

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icrdicct`2525,
author={P. Manikandan and S. Rahul and P. Chakravarthi and S. Gokul and M. Krishnan and B. Dhanush},
title={Experimental Study on Mechanical Strength Characteristics of Natural Fiber and Fly Ash Composite Materials for Versatile Applications},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research and Development in Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies - ICRDICCT`25},
year={2025},
pages={483-490},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013900300004919},
isbn={978-989-758-777-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research and Development in Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies - ICRDICCT`25
TI - Experimental Study on Mechanical Strength Characteristics of Natural Fiber and Fly Ash Composite Materials for Versatile Applications
SN - 978-989-758-777-1
AU - Manikandan P.
AU - Rahul S.
AU - Chakravarthi P.
AU - Gokul S.
AU - Krishnan M.
AU - Dhanush B.
PY - 2025
SP - 483
EP - 490
DO - 10.5220/0013900300004919
PB - SciTePress