Analysis of wood waste composite
Wood waste can be economically utilized to generate energy, produce new product or will be disposed. Another alternative is utilizing the wood waste as reinforcement materials to produce a wood waste composite with promising potential. This project investigated the potential of wood waste to prod...
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| Format: | Final Year Project Report / IMRAD |
| Language: | English English |
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4508/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4508/1/ANALYSIS%20OF%20WOOD%20WASTE%20COMPOSITE%20%2824pages%29.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4508/8/Omar%20Qaiyum%20ft.pdf |
| Summary: | Wood waste can be economically utilized to generate energy, produce new
product or will be disposed. Another alternative is utilizing the wood waste as
reinforcement materials to produce a wood waste composite with promising potential.
This project investigated the potential of wood waste to produce a composite
material by determining the mechanical properties of the composite. Polyester resin and
particle of wood waste were used to produce wood waste composite. The specimen
preparation and tensile test have been carried out according to ASTM D 3039, the
standard method for determination of tensile properties of polymer matrix composite.
The result from this project shows that, the wood waste has a potential to produce
a composite materials with high tensile strength and high Young’s modulus. The highest
tensile strength is achieved with sample A with particle size of 0.0064 mm2
or less at
30% particle volume fraction which is 22.013 MPa while the Young Modulus is 553.003
MPa. The strength of the wood waste composite is also influenced by the size of particle
of wood waste. The smaller the size of particles, the inherent flaws will be reduces and
tensile strength will increase. The tensile strength of sample A (smaller particle size) is
proportional to the increase in volume fraction of particle. Whereby, for tensile strength
of sample B is inversely proportional to the increase in volume fraction of particle. |
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