Determination of Mechanical Properties of Natural Sandwich Composites Produced by Using Waste Material

Abstract

In the recent year, with the development of technology the acceleration of the manufacturing of new products hasincreased the use of raw materials in the industry. In addition to decreasing underground resources, increasedenvironmental pollution has opened the way for the use of natural materials in the industry. Also, the reuse ofmaterials, which were recycled by recovery methods, is both conservation and economical method in terms of rawmaterial deficiency. In this study, mechanical properties of sandwich composites made of natural and recycledmaterial were investigated. In this context, core material with different thicknesses (4 mm, 8 mm and 12 mm) wereproduced using different size granules (1 mm, 2 mm and 4 mm), which were recycled from the used vehicle tire.Sandwich composite materials have become final with the combination of core materials with natural jute fabricreinforced laminated composites. In order to test the usability of the produced sandwich composite materials asbuilding material, the mechanical behaviours of the sandwich composite were investigated under tension andcompression load. Test results show that mechanical behaviour of the material varies according to the granular size,thickness of the core material, and fiber orientation of reinforcement fabric.