http://www.iaeme.com/IJMET/index.asp 318 editor@iaeme.com International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET) Volume 8, Issue 10, October 2017, pp. 318–324, Article ID: IJMET_08_10_035 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/IJMET/issues.asp?JType=IJMET&VType=8&IType=10 ISSN Print: 0976-6340 and ISSN Online: 0976-6359 © IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed ANALYSIS OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HYBRID BAMBOO/JUTE FIBERS REINFORCED & VINYL ESTER COMPOSITE MATERIAL Bino Prince Raja D Research Scholar, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kumaracoil, India Stanly Jones Retnam B Associate Professor, Department of Automobile Engineering, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kumaracoil, India Mohini Shukla U.G. Scholar, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, SCT Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India ABSTRACT Polymer matrix composites (PMC) materials had acquired much attention in the field of Aeronautics over the recent decades as high strength-lightweight materials. These abundantly available fibres are embedded with a light polymer matrix resulting in a high strength and light weight fibre reinforced polymer composites. In this paper, we have investigated the mechanical behaviour of fabricated composite materials with four different combinations consists of Bamboo/Jute as a reinforcing agents and vinyl ester as a polymer matrix. Several tests has been carried out to enhance the properties such as tensile strength, flexural strength, hardness and impact strength and it was compared for different orientations (±90º). It is reported that the hybridization of the constituents with 20% of Jute, 10% of Bamboo shows better Tensile strength, Flexural strength and Hardness number than other combinations examined. Key words: Tensile, Flexural, Impact, Bi-directional, Hardness, Bamboo, Jute, Vinyl Ester. Cite this Article: Bino Prince Raja D, Stanly Jones Retnam B and Mohini Shukla, Analysis of Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Bamboo/Jute Fibers Reinforced & Vinyl Ester Composite Material, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology 8(10), 2017, pp. 318–328. http://www.iaeme.com/IJMET/issues.asp?JType=IJMET&VType=8&IType=10 1. INTRODUCTION Two main constituents such as reinforcement and a matrix are combined to form a composite material. Matrix is a sort of binder which binds the reinforcement and improves several