Application of Statistical Experimental Design for Optimization of Mechanical Properties of Protein Fiber Hybrid Composites
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The present work highlights the optimization of mechanical properties of silk and wool fiber reinforced PP composites using Box- Behnken experimental design with response surface methodology. Silk and wool fiber reinforced hybrid composites were fabricated in compression molding machine. The mechanical properties of the hybrid composites such as tensile strength, flexural strength and impact strength were optimized based on the input variables like molding temperature, molding time and pressure. The optimized conditions were arrived at a molding temperature of 180 °C, at the time of 7.50 min and at the pressure of 35 bar. Keywords: Silk, wool, hybrid composite, PP, tensile strength, flexural strength and impact strengthDownloads
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