Effect of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) on impact property improvement of hybrid kenaf/glass epoxy composite.
Environmental regulations, costs and lightweight encourage car manufacturers to develop new reliable products. Epoxy provides a reliable fibre impregnation and creates substantial three-dimensional (3D) cross-linking for proper load transmission and impact strength improvement, but their low toughne...
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| author | Salit, Mohd Sapuan Ali, Aidy Ahmad, Desa Abdan, Khalina Makinejad, Majid Davoodi Jonoobi, Mehdi |
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| description | Environmental regulations, costs and lightweight encourage car manufacturers to develop new reliable products. Epoxy provides a reliable fibre impregnation and creates substantial three-dimensional (3D) cross-linking for proper load transmission and impact strength improvement, but their low toughness decreases their energy absorption. Thermoplastic toughening improves the epoxy impact property with a low thermo-mechanical defect. This study, focused on improving the impact property of hybrid kenaf/glass fibre epoxy composite by use of a modified sheet moulding compound (GMT). The results indicated that most of the mechanical properties of developed material were almost the same as those of the GMT, except impact. This result highlights the potential for utilisation of the toughened hybrid bio-composite in some automotive structural components. Moreover, geometric parameters, e.g., cross-section, thickness, and reinforcement ribs suggest an improvement of structural impact resistance to comply with the bumper beam product design specification (PDS). |
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| spelling | upm-233582016-02-17T03:07:02Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23358/ Effect of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) on impact property improvement of hybrid kenaf/glass epoxy composite. Salit, Mohd Sapuan Ali, Aidy Ahmad, Desa Abdan, Khalina Makinejad, Majid Davoodi Jonoobi, Mehdi Environmental regulations, costs and lightweight encourage car manufacturers to develop new reliable products. Epoxy provides a reliable fibre impregnation and creates substantial three-dimensional (3D) cross-linking for proper load transmission and impact strength improvement, but their low toughness decreases their energy absorption. Thermoplastic toughening improves the epoxy impact property with a low thermo-mechanical defect. This study, focused on improving the impact property of hybrid kenaf/glass fibre epoxy composite by use of a modified sheet moulding compound (GMT). The results indicated that most of the mechanical properties of developed material were almost the same as those of the GMT, except impact. This result highlights the potential for utilisation of the toughened hybrid bio-composite in some automotive structural components. Moreover, geometric parameters, e.g., cross-section, thickness, and reinforcement ribs suggest an improvement of structural impact resistance to comply with the bumper beam product design specification (PDS). 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23358/1/Effect%20of%20polybutylene%20terephthalate.pdf Salit, Mohd Sapuan and Ali, Aidy and Ahmad, Desa and Abdan, Khalina and Makinejad, Majid Davoodi and Jonoobi, Mehdi (2012) Effect of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) on impact property improvement of hybrid kenaf/glass epoxy composite. Materials Letters, 67 (1). pp. 5-7. ISSN 0167-577X 10.1016/j.matlet.2011.08.101 English |
| spellingShingle | Salit, Mohd Sapuan Ali, Aidy Ahmad, Desa Abdan, Khalina Makinejad, Majid Davoodi Jonoobi, Mehdi Effect of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) on impact property improvement of hybrid kenaf/glass epoxy composite. |
| title | Effect of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) on impact property improvement of hybrid kenaf/glass epoxy composite. |
| title_full | Effect of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) on impact property improvement of hybrid kenaf/glass epoxy composite. |
| title_fullStr | Effect of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) on impact property improvement of hybrid kenaf/glass epoxy composite. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) on impact property improvement of hybrid kenaf/glass epoxy composite. |
| title_short | Effect of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) on impact property improvement of hybrid kenaf/glass epoxy composite. |
| title_sort | effect of polybutylene terephthalate (pbt) on impact property improvement of hybrid kenaf/glass epoxy composite. |
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