Flexural and impact properties of kenaf-glass hybrid composite

This paper investigates the flexural and impact properties of kenaf-glass (KG) fibers reinforced unsaturated polyester (UPE) hybrid composite on a source of green composite. The matrix is kept constant with 70 % volume fraction while kenaf and glass fibers were varied, such as 7.5/22.5 v/v, 15/15...

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Main Authors:	Maleque, Md. Abdul, Afdzaluddin, Atiqah, M., Iqbal
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2012
Subjects:	T175 Industrial research. Research and development TD169 Environmental protection
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spelling	iium-257052012-09-13T02:12:03Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/25705/ Flexural and impact properties of kenaf-glass hybrid composite Maleque, Md. Abdul Afdzaluddin, Atiqah M., Iqbal T175 Industrial research. Research and development TD169 Environmental protection This paper investigates the flexural and impact properties of kenaf-glass (KG) fibers reinforced unsaturated polyester (UPE) hybrid composite on a source of green composite. The matrix is kept constant with 70 % volume fraction while kenaf and glass fibers were varied, such as 7.5/22.5 v/v, 15/15 v/v and 22.5/7.5 v/v. The 30 % kenaf and 30 % glass are also used for the preparation of composite materials. The kenaf fiber was treated with 6% sodium hydroxide (NaOH) diluted solution for 3 hours. Hybrid composites are fabricated using sheet molding compound (SMC) process. The mechanical tests, such as flexural and impact are performed using ASTM D790-03 and ASTM D256-04 respectively. The study showed that the highest flexural strength was obtained from treated kenaf with 15/15 v/v KG fiber reinforced hybrid composite while untreated of 15/15 v/v KG composite showed the highest value of impact strength in this investigation. This can be concluded that 15/15 v/v KG fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester hybrid composite is the most appropriate hybrid composite which can be considered for many engineering structural applications, such as automotive, aerospace, construction or sports. Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/25705/1/P58_2012.pdf Maleque, Md. Abdul and Afdzaluddin, Atiqah and M., Iqbal (2012) Flexural and impact properties of kenaf-glass hybrid composite. Advanced Materials Research, 576. pp. 471-474. ISSN 1022-6680 http://www.scientific.net/AMR 10.4028/http://www.scientific.net/AMR.576.471
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description	This paper investigates the flexural and impact properties of kenaf-glass (KG) fibers reinforced unsaturated polyester (UPE) hybrid composite on a source of green composite. The matrix is kept constant with 70 % volume fraction while kenaf and glass fibers were varied, such as 7.5/22.5 v/v, 15/15 v/v and 22.5/7.5 v/v. The 30 % kenaf and 30 % glass are also used for the preparation of composite materials. The kenaf fiber was treated with 6% sodium hydroxide (NaOH) diluted solution for 3 hours. Hybrid composites are fabricated using sheet molding compound (SMC) process. The mechanical tests, such as flexural and impact are performed using ASTM D790-03 and ASTM D256-04 respectively. The study showed that the highest flexural strength was obtained from treated kenaf with 15/15 v/v KG fiber reinforced hybrid composite while untreated of 15/15 v/v KG composite showed the highest value of impact strength in this investigation. This can be concluded that 15/15 v/v KG fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester hybrid composite is the most appropriate hybrid composite which can be considered for many engineering structural applications, such as automotive, aerospace, construction or sports.
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author	Maleque, Md. Abdul Afdzaluddin, Atiqah M., Iqbal
author_facet	Maleque, Md. Abdul Afdzaluddin, Atiqah M., Iqbal
author_sort	Maleque, Md. Abdul
title	Flexural and impact properties of kenaf-glass hybrid composite
title_short	Flexural and impact properties of kenaf-glass hybrid composite
title_full	Flexural and impact properties of kenaf-glass hybrid composite
title_fullStr	Flexural and impact properties of kenaf-glass hybrid composite
title_full_unstemmed	Flexural and impact properties of kenaf-glass hybrid composite
title_sort	flexural and impact properties of kenaf-glass hybrid composite
publisher	Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
publishDate	2012
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