Physical, mechanical, and morphological properties of woven kenaf/polymer composites produced using a vacuum infusion technique
Nowadays, due to renewable issues, environmental concerns, and the financial problems of synthetic fibres, the development of high-performance engineering products made from natural resources is increasing all over the world. Lately, kenaf fibre has been used among many different types of natural r...
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| author | Salman, Suhad D. Sharba, Mohaiman Jaffar Leman, Zulkiflle Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan Cardona, Francisco |
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| description | Nowadays, due to renewable issues, environmental concerns, and the financial problems of synthetic fibres, the development of
high-performance engineering products made from natural resources is increasing all over the world. Lately, kenaf fibre has been used among many different types of natural resources in various shapes. Unidirectional long fibres or randomly oriented short fibre shapes are the most common type of kenaf fibres that have been investigated in previous works. This work characterises and evaluates the physical, mechanical, and morphological properties of plain woven kenaf fabric and its composites with three types of thermoset resin at 0∘ /90∘ and 45∘ /−45∘ orientation, in order to assess their suitability as lignocellulosic reinforced polymer composites. A vacuum infusion manufacturing technique was used to prepare the specimens with fibre weight content of 35% ± 2%. Eight specimens were prepared for each test, and five replications were adopted. A total of 78 samples were tested in this study. The results show that the composites with 0∘ /90∘ had the highest tensile, flexural strengths, and modulus. The morphological properties of composite samples were analysed through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images and these clearly demonstrated the better interfacial adhesion between the woven kenaf and the epoxy matrix. |
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| spelling | upm-458512021-05-05T23:51:14Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/45851/ Physical, mechanical, and morphological properties of woven kenaf/polymer composites produced using a vacuum infusion technique Salman, Suhad D. Sharba, Mohaiman Jaffar Leman, Zulkiflle Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan Cardona, Francisco Nowadays, due to renewable issues, environmental concerns, and the financial problems of synthetic fibres, the development of high-performance engineering products made from natural resources is increasing all over the world. Lately, kenaf fibre has been used among many different types of natural resources in various shapes. Unidirectional long fibres or randomly oriented short fibre shapes are the most common type of kenaf fibres that have been investigated in previous works. This work characterises and evaluates the physical, mechanical, and morphological properties of plain woven kenaf fabric and its composites with three types of thermoset resin at 0∘ /90∘ and 45∘ /−45∘ orientation, in order to assess their suitability as lignocellulosic reinforced polymer composites. A vacuum infusion manufacturing technique was used to prepare the specimens with fibre weight content of 35% ± 2%. Eight specimens were prepared for each test, and five replications were adopted. A total of 78 samples were tested in this study. The results show that the composites with 0∘ /90∘ had the highest tensile, flexural strengths, and modulus. The morphological properties of composite samples were analysed through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images and these clearly demonstrated the better interfacial adhesion between the woven kenaf and the epoxy matrix. Hindawi Limited 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/45851/1/WOVEN.pdf Salman, Suhad D. and Sharba, Mohaiman Jaffar and Leman, Zulkiflle and Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq and Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan and Cardona, Francisco (2015) Physical, mechanical, and morphological properties of woven kenaf/polymer composites produced using a vacuum infusion technique. International Journal of Polymer Science, 2015. art. no. 894565. pp. 1-11. ISSN 1687-9422; ESSN: 1687-9430 https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijps/2015/894565/ 10.1155/2015/894565 |
| spellingShingle | Salman, Suhad D. Sharba, Mohaiman Jaffar Leman, Zulkiflle Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan Cardona, Francisco Physical, mechanical, and morphological properties of woven kenaf/polymer composites produced using a vacuum infusion technique |
| title | Physical, mechanical, and morphological properties of woven kenaf/polymer composites produced using a vacuum infusion technique |
| title_full | Physical, mechanical, and morphological properties of woven kenaf/polymer composites produced using a vacuum infusion technique |
| title_fullStr | Physical, mechanical, and morphological properties of woven kenaf/polymer composites produced using a vacuum infusion technique |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physical, mechanical, and morphological properties of woven kenaf/polymer composites produced using a vacuum infusion technique |
| title_short | Physical, mechanical, and morphological properties of woven kenaf/polymer composites produced using a vacuum infusion technique |
| title_sort | physical, mechanical, and morphological properties of woven kenaf/polymer composites produced using a vacuum infusion technique |
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