Improvement of tensile strength of hemp fiber titanium laminate by the addition of portunus filler compared with hemp titanium composite.

The purpose of this study is to increase the tensile strength of a new hemp fibre reinforced titanium laminate by using a portunus filler, and to compare this material to another innovative hemp titanium composite. This project makes use of a new hemp fibre reinforced titanium laminate composite made by including either 5 or 10 percent portunus filler. Both the control group and the experimental group will be made of hemp fibre titanium laminate, but the latter will also include portunus filler. Twenty samples from each group were subjected to a tensile test. Hemp fibre with filler value has an average tensile strength of 75.8765 MPa, whereas hemp fibre without filler value has an average tensile strength of 48.699 MPa. A 0.001 significance level was found between the experimental and control groups. The tensile strength of hemp fibre reinforced titanium laminate was found to be increased by the addition of 10 wt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]