www.tjprc.org editor@tjprc.org EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON TENSILE PROPERTIES OF JUTE FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES G. MUSALAIAH 1 , BADE VENKATA SURESH 2 , B. PRASHANTH 3 & B. DHANRAJ 4 1 Department of Mechanical engineering, Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Dundigal Hyderabad, India 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, Andhra Pradesh, India 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, MLR Institute of Technology, Dundigal, Hyderabad, India 4 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Shamshabad, Hyderabad, India ABSTRACT As reinforcement material, jute fibre is used to develop reinforced plastics for the purpose of various engineering applications. Just because of its acceptable mechanical properties, low cost and biodegradability, it is chosen as reinforcement material. The mechanical properties of polymeric matrix composites based on jute fibre- reinforced polymer composites have played a dominant role for a long time, in a variety of applications for their high specific strength and modulus. In the present work, mechanical properties of the composites, such as Tensile strength and tensile modulus were measured in dependence of fibre content. Received: Jul 01, 2017; Accepted: Jul 20, 2017; Published: Aug 01, 2017; Paper Id.: IJMPERDAUG201732 INTRODUCTION Jute is one of the best natural fibre in various engineering applications and it is second largest producer in the country after cotton it comes under the best fibre category. Raw jute is the industrial name of jute. The fibres of jute are usually3 feet to 13 feet long, Gassan, J et.al.,[1] identified the mechanical properties of natural-fibre- reinforced thermo sets, as a result of optimization of the properties of tossa jute fibres by the use of a NaOH treatment process. Gassan, J et.al.,[2] studied the effectiveness of MAH-PP copolymers (graft copolymer of PP and maleic anhydride) as coupling agents in jute-polypropylene composites. Karmaker, A. C.,et.al.,[3] SYNOPSIS Composites with polypropylene (PP) and jute fiber were prepared by injection molding technique. Maleic anhydride-grafted polypropylene was added as coupling agent to improve the adhesion between jute fiber and PP. Senthilkumaar, S., et.a;.,[4] investigated the Feasibility of employing this jute fiber activated carbon (JFC) for the removal of Methyleneblue (MB) from aqueous solution. Plackett, D., et.al.,[5] Examined of composite fracture surfaces using electron microscopy showed voids occurring between the jute fibre bundles and the polylactide matrix in some cases. Size exclusion chromatography revealed that only minor changes in the molecular weight distribution of the polylactide occurred during the process. Rana, A. K.,[6] studied that with the use of compatilizerflexural strength and tensile as high as 100% and 120%, respectively and impact strength with unnotched by 175%. Gowda, T. M. et.al.,[7] evaluated the mechanical properties of woven jute fabric reinforced composites Jawaid, M., et.al.,[8] produced hybric composites by a technique called, hand lay-up by reinforcing oil palm and jute fibres along with epoxy and identified that the tensile properties are improved, Acha, B. A et.al. [9] studied the dynamic mechanical response and the short term creep-recovery behavior of composites made from bi- directional jute fabrics and polypropylene. Rahman, M. R et.al.,[10] manufactured composites by injection Original Article International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD) ISSN (P): 2249-6890; ISSN (E): 2249-8001 Vol. 7, Issue 4, Aug 2017, 321-326 © TJPRC Pvt. Ltd.