• Ashok Singh Gour
• Jai Prakash Bhamniya

The fibre-reinforced polymer composite are widely used in engineering applications and there is an increasing need to understand the mechanical and tribological behavior of such composites. Due to increase in environmental awareness, the world attracts towards the utilization of natural materials. The natural/renewable fibres are widely used for the fabrication of fibre-reinforced polymer composites. The Luffa acutangula and Sugarcane Bagasse fiber falls in natural fiber category have low weight. The Luffa acutangula Sugarcane Bagasse fibre is a lingo-cellulosic fibre with high strength, light weight, smaller elongation, fire resistance quality, strong moisture absorption quality, great potentialities and biodegradability. The Luffa acutangula fibre based composites are extensively used in automobile industries for the production of under floor safety panels in luxurious cars like Mercedes. The study of tribological properties of these composite is necessary due to failure of machine parts. Accordingly, the key objective of this study is to investigate the effect of fibre length, fibre loading % wt on mechanical properties (tensile strength, flexural strength, impact strength and hardness) and erosion behaviour of Luffa acutangula and Sugarcane Bagasse fibre reinforced polymer composites. This investigation revealed that variation in length of Luffa acutangula and sugarcane Bagasse fibre, and % wt of fibre loading affects the mechanical properties (tensile strength, flexural strength, impact strength and hardness) Luffa acutangula and sugarcane Bagasse reinforced composites. The best tensile strength, flexural strength and impact strength of the Luffa acutangula fibre reinforced polymer composites is achieved with 10 mm fibre length, fibre loading of 20 % by weight, while maximum hardness is achieved with 10 mm fibre length, fibre loading of 20 % weight.

Luffa Acutangula fibre, length of fibre, fibre loading, mechanical properties.

"MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LUFFA ACUTANGULA AND SUGARCANE BAGASSE REINFORCED HYBRID COMPOSITE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no.b470-b476, April-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404153.pdf

"MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LUFFA ACUTANGULA AND SUGARCANE BAGASSE REINFORCED HYBRID COMPOSITE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no. ppb470-b476, April-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404153.pdf