FABRICATION AND MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR STUDY OF COCONUT COIR BASED POLYMER COMPOSITE.

As we know the composite materials using for the light weight application. We have selected polyester resin as matrix, coir fiber as fiber reinforcement and coconut shell powder as particle reinforcement. Coir fiber and coconut shell powder are agricultural by-products and thus they are eco-friendly and biodegradable constituents. Three different volume percentages of PMCs are made (10%, 15%, 20%), so that we can analyze the effect of increase of reinforcements in polyester resin and to determine the optimum mix of reinforcements in the matrix phase. There is a different type of fiber-reinforced plastic processes and it is depends on many factors, such as type of reinforcement and matrix materials, size, shape, quantity, and cost.