Effect of fabric orientation on mechanical properties of cotton fabric reinforced geopolymer composites

This paper presents the thermal, mechanical and fracture behaviour of fly-ash based geopolymer composites reinforced with cotton fabric (0–8.3 wt.%). Results revealed that fly-ash based geopolymer can prevent the degradation of cotton fabric at elevated temperatures. The effect of cotton fabric orie...

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Main Authors: Alomayri, T., Shaikh, Faiz, Low, It Meng
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29700
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author Alomayri, T.
Shaikh, Faiz
Low, It Meng
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Shaikh, Faiz
Low, It Meng
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description This paper presents the thermal, mechanical and fracture behaviour of fly-ash based geopolymer composites reinforced with cotton fabric (0–8.3 wt.%). Results revealed that fly-ash based geopolymer can prevent the degradation of cotton fabric at elevated temperatures. The effect of cotton fabric orientation (i.e., horizontal or vertical) to the applied load on flexural strength, compressive strength, hardness and fracture toughness of geopolymer composites is also investigated. The results showed that when the fabricsare aligned in horizontal orientation with respect to the applied load, higher load and greater resistance to the deformation were achieved when compared to their vertically-aligned counterparts.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-297002017-09-13T15:28:01Z Effect of fabric orientation on mechanical properties of cotton fabric reinforced geopolymer composites Alomayri, T. Shaikh, Faiz Low, It Meng Cotton fabric Composites Fracture toughness Mechanical properties This paper presents the thermal, mechanical and fracture behaviour of fly-ash based geopolymer composites reinforced with cotton fabric (0–8.3 wt.%). Results revealed that fly-ash based geopolymer can prevent the degradation of cotton fabric at elevated temperatures. The effect of cotton fabric orientation (i.e., horizontal or vertical) to the applied load on flexural strength, compressive strength, hardness and fracture toughness of geopolymer composites is also investigated. The results showed that when the fabricsare aligned in horizontal orientation with respect to the applied load, higher load and greater resistance to the deformation were achieved when compared to their vertically-aligned counterparts. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29700 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.01.036 Elsevier Ltd restricted
spellingShingle Cotton fabric
Composites
Fracture toughness
Mechanical properties
Alomayri, T.
Shaikh, Faiz
Low, It Meng
Effect of fabric orientation on mechanical properties of cotton fabric reinforced geopolymer composites
title Effect of fabric orientation on mechanical properties of cotton fabric reinforced geopolymer composites
title_full Effect of fabric orientation on mechanical properties of cotton fabric reinforced geopolymer composites
title_fullStr Effect of fabric orientation on mechanical properties of cotton fabric reinforced geopolymer composites
title_full_unstemmed Effect of fabric orientation on mechanical properties of cotton fabric reinforced geopolymer composites
title_short Effect of fabric orientation on mechanical properties of cotton fabric reinforced geopolymer composites
title_sort effect of fabric orientation on mechanical properties of cotton fabric reinforced geopolymer composites
topic Cotton fabric
Composites
Fracture toughness
Mechanical properties
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29700