Mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites

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...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Zuhri Mohamed Yusoff, Mohd Sapuan Salit, Napsiah Ismail, Riza Wirawan
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Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7309/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7309/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7309/1/03.pdf

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spelling	ukm-73092016-12-14T06:43:42Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7309/ Mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites Mohd Zuhri Mohamed Yusoff, Mohd Sapuan Salit, Napsiah Ismail, Riza Wirawan, 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. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7309/1/03.pdf Mohd Zuhri Mohamed Yusoff, and Mohd Sapuan Salit, and Napsiah Ismail, and Riza Wirawan, (2010) Mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites. Sains Malaysiana, 39 (1). pp. 87-92. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol39num1_2010/contentsVol39num1_2010.html
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description	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.
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author	Mohd Zuhri Mohamed Yusoff, Mohd Sapuan Salit, Napsiah Ismail, Riza Wirawan,
spellingShingle	Mohd Zuhri Mohamed Yusoff, Mohd Sapuan Salit, Napsiah Ismail, Riza Wirawan, Mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites
author_facet	Mohd Zuhri Mohamed Yusoff, Mohd Sapuan Salit, Napsiah Ismail, Riza Wirawan,
author_sort	Mohd Zuhri Mohamed Yusoff,
title	Mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites
title_short	Mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites
title_full	Mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites
title_fullStr	Mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites
title_full_unstemmed	Mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites
title_sort	mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2010
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7309/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7309/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7309/1/03.pdf
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Mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites

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