© Impact Journals COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES OF POLYCARBONATE TOUGHENED EPOXY- BAMBOO FIBER COMPOSITES

Polycarbonate toughened epoxy-bamboo fiber composites are prepared by varying fiber mat content. The blend matrix Epoxy-PC with varying weight percentage (wt%) of PC content in epoxy are prepared. It is observed that the blend matrix epoxy PC containing 10 % of weight of PC showed to have minimum compressive strength. With varying in fiber mat content, toughened epoxy-bamboo fiber composites have been developed and it is evident that the Compressive strength of the composites is increased with the increase in the fiber content from 10 % of wt. However, the compressive strength of these reinforced samples is found to be lower than that of un-reinforced matrix