Analysis of the Jute/glass fiber reinforced hybrid composites using combined radial basis function method

In this paper, jute/glass fiber reinforced hybrid composites plates have been prepared in the laboratory at different percentage of the jute and glass fibers. Jute has been taken in fabric form and short glass fiber has been distributed randomly. Tensile, flexural properties, and phase morphology were studied experimentally at different percentage of the jute and glass fibers. Deflection and damping behavior of the composites has been analyzed using meshless combined radial basis function method. Thermal analysis of the jute/glass fiber reinforced hybrid composites at various temperature ranges has also been performed. Here, combined radial basis function is used for spatial discretization and Newmark implicit method is used for temporal discretization. The obtained results from this method are compared with analytical methods. POLYM. COMPOS., 38:1890–1901, 2017. © 2015 Society of Plastics Engineers