Effect of lay-up a
Effect
of lay-up angle on mechanical properties of composites
based on rib knit jute preforms
V R GiriDev , A Sivabalakrishnan , K Raghunathan & A Karthik
Received 1 July 2004; revised received and accepted 9 November 2004
The mechanical properties of knitted jute reinforced composites with different stacking sequences have been studied. Flat rib knitted preforms have been produced in manual flat bed knitting machine followed by composite laminate preparation using simple hand lay-up technique. It is observed that the mechanical properties are dependent upon the stacking sequence. The improvement in course-wise mechanical properties of the laminates has been observed with [00/±450/00] and [00/900/900/00] lay-up sequences compared to [0°]4 lay-up sequence which shows improvement in properties in wale-wise direction.
Keywords: Composite, Jute, Knitting, Mechanical properties, Textile preform
IPC Code: Int. Cl.7 D04B7/00, D06M17/06
Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research
Vol. 30, September 2005, pp. 267-272
