Experimental study on Mechanical properties on Lotus seed particle filled Carbon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites

Abstract

An experimental study was conducted to determine the effect of adding filler material to carbon fiber composites. A manual layup process is used to create composites. All composites consist of fixed carbon fibers with a volume fraction of 5%. Various volume fractions (2, 4, 6, and 8%) of lotus seed filler are added to the composite. To ascertain the mechanical characteristics of composites, tensile and flexural tests are conducted. Testing and sample preparation were carried out in accordance with ASTM guidelines. As a result, it was found that the tensile strength increased at 6% filler loading and then tended to decrease when more filler was used