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In the present research work, a new composite material has been fabricated using silver date palm fiber as reinforcement in the plain polyester resin. The composites have been fabricated up to a maximum volume fraction of fiber about 0.434. The impact strength of fabricated composites was investigated as a function of fiber content. It has been observed that the impact strength of the composite material increases with an increase in fiber content. It is found that the maximum impact strength of the composite is 290 J for the highest volume fraction 0.434. These results show that at high volume of fiber, the silver date palm fibers are capable of preventing the growth of propagating cracks from a surface of the notch, thus reducing the crack by delamination. It has been concluded that using silver date palm fiber as reinforcement in plain polyester resin plays a major role in terms of high impact strength of a new fabricated composite material.
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Sharma, B.P., Sareen, S., Tokas, D., Rao, G.S., Vates, U.K. (2019). Impact Strength of Silver Date Palm Leaf Reinforced Polyester Composites. In: Kumar, M., Pandey, R., Kumar, V. (eds) Advances in Interdisciplinary Engineering . Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6577-5_9
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