Testing on Energy Absorption of Banana Fiber Polyester Composite

Natural fibers are now becoming a subject of interest to replace synthetic fiber as reinforcement materials where the development of natural fiber composites has been conducted in the last few decades. The objective of this research is to investigate the energy absorption capacity of banana fiber po...

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Main Authors: Noor Hisyam, Noor Mohamed, Hasmiryadie, Juneh, Mahshuri, Yusof
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Language:English
Published: Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2011
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author Noor Hisyam, Noor Mohamed
Hasmiryadie, Juneh
Mahshuri, Yusof
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Mahshuri, Yusof
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description Natural fibers are now becoming a subject of interest to replace synthetic fiber as reinforcement materials where the development of natural fiber composites has been conducted in the last few decades. The objective of this research is to investigate the energy absorption capacity of banana fiber polyester composite and its specific energy absorption capacity as well. Banana fibers are extracted and cut into 10mm, 20mm and 30mm fiber length. Fabrication of rectangular bar as composite samples with different banana fiber length and fiber volume fraction (1%, 2%, and 3%) were conducted and the results are studied and analyzed. The information on energy absorption and specific energy absorption capacity are useful for applications such as automotive structures where the ability to absorb impact may save life. The increase of banana fiber content and length shows an increase of maximum load and energy absorption values for all specimens.
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spelling unimas-31272022-03-22T07:38:32Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3127/ Testing on Energy Absorption of Banana Fiber Polyester Composite Noor Hisyam, Noor Mohamed Hasmiryadie, Juneh Mahshuri, Yusof TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Natural fibers are now becoming a subject of interest to replace synthetic fiber as reinforcement materials where the development of natural fiber composites has been conducted in the last few decades. The objective of this research is to investigate the energy absorption capacity of banana fiber polyester composite and its specific energy absorption capacity as well. Banana fibers are extracted and cut into 10mm, 20mm and 30mm fiber length. Fabrication of rectangular bar as composite samples with different banana fiber length and fiber volume fraction (1%, 2%, and 3%) were conducted and the results are studied and analyzed. The information on energy absorption and specific energy absorption capacity are useful for applications such as automotive structures where the ability to absorb impact may save life. The increase of banana fiber content and length shows an increase of maximum load and energy absorption values for all specimens. Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2011 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3127/1/Testing%20on%20Energy.pdf Noor Hisyam, Noor Mohamed and Hasmiryadie, Juneh and Mahshuri, Yusof (2011) Testing on Energy Absorption of Banana Fiber Polyester Composite. Journal Applied Mechanics and Materials, 117-19. pp. 873-875. ISSN 1662-7482 http://www.scientific.net/AMM.117-119.873 DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.117-119.873
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Noor Hisyam, Noor Mohamed
Hasmiryadie, Juneh
Mahshuri, Yusof
Testing on Energy Absorption of Banana Fiber Polyester Composite
title Testing on Energy Absorption of Banana Fiber Polyester Composite
title_full Testing on Energy Absorption of Banana Fiber Polyester Composite
title_fullStr Testing on Energy Absorption of Banana Fiber Polyester Composite
title_full_unstemmed Testing on Energy Absorption of Banana Fiber Polyester Composite
title_short Testing on Energy Absorption of Banana Fiber Polyester Composite
title_sort testing on energy absorption of banana fiber polyester composite
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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