Title of article
Mechanical Properties of Short Random Oil Palm FibreReinforced Epoxy Composites(Ciri-ciri Mekanikal Gentian Pendek Secara Rawak Kelapa SawitBertetulang Komposit Epoksi)
Author/Authors
MOHAMED YUSOFF, MOHD ZUHRI Universiti Putra Malaysia - Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Malaysia , SAPUAN SALIT, MOHD Universiti Putra Malaysia - Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Malaysia , ISMAIL, NAPSIAH Universiti Putra Malaysia - Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Malaysia , WIRAWAN, RIZA Universiti Putra Malaysia - Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Malaysia
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87
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92
Abstract
This paper presents the study of mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy (OPF/epoxy) composites. Empty fruit bunch (EFB) was selected as the fibre and epoxy as the matrix. Composite plate with four different volume fractions of oil palm fibre was fabricated, (5 vol%, 10 vol%, 15 vol% and 20 vol%). The fabrication was made by hand-lay up techniques. The tensile and flexural properties showed a decreasing trend as the fibre loading was increased. The highest tensile properties was obtained for the composite with fibre loading of 5 vol% and there were no significant effect for addition of more than 5 vol% to the flexural properties. Interaction between fibre and matrix was observed from the scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrograph.
Keywords
Empty fruit bunch , epoxy , flexural properties , tensile properties
Record number
2554832
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