Tensile Test of Waste Plastic and Coconut Fiber with Epoxy Resin Reinforced Composite Material

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Authors: Ankur Verma, Ravi Vishwakarma, Ankit Kulshrestha
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Abstract

In this research, we are going to make a future material using of waste plastic fiber and epoxy resin reinforced Composite materials, in this we using The Waste plastic material, it generated millions of tons globally and only about 10% of total can recycle. Today's everywhere use of light material with good properties needed. And the plastic have and mechanical properties such as ductility Toughness, hardness etc. And it can take about 450 years to decompose. So' using this material we obtain excellent mechanical properties. This Research done in two phase, In 1st phase we are going to compare tensile strength of composite material made up of waste plasticfiber and epoxy resin reinforcement and composite material made up of waste coconut fiber and epoxy resin reinforcement and take best one for further testing. From the first stage of testing we obtained that the tensile strength of composite material made up of waste plastic fiber and epoxy resin reinforcement (i.e. 14.807 MPa) is more then the composite material made up of waste coconut fiber and epoxy resin reinforcement (i.e. 8.384 MPa) In 2nd phase we are going to compare tensile strength of best one composite material of 1st phase of testing (i.e. composite material madeup of waste plastic fiber and epoxy resin reinforcement) with different shape of same cross section area such as cuboidal, triangular prism, cylindrical. And getting the result of higher flexural strength and its corresponding shape. From the 2nd phase of testing we obtained thatthe material of circular cross section have higher strength (i.e. 22.307 MPa). There are various benefits of these composite material like- By reducing plastic waste, we save our environment. We can remove plastic and wood by using this material and hence we can reduce deforestation and save our environment.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Scientific and Engineering Research Topics Material Selection and Properties

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Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
3 January 2026