Mechanical performances of twill kenaf woven fiber reinforced polyester composites

Natural fibres have the potential aspect to replace glass fibre reinforced composites. One of these fibers is kenaf. It is also one of the selected natural fibres that have bio resource profit regarding on their capability to absorb energy absorption especially. In order to prove the application of...

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Main Authors: Khalid, Siti Nor Azila, Ismail, Al Emran, Zainulabidin, Muhd Hafeez, Tajul Arifin, Ahmad Mubarak, Hassan, Mohd Fahrul, Ibrahim, Rasidi, Rahim, Mohammad Zulafif
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author Khalid, Siti Nor Azila
Ismail, Al Emran
Zainulabidin, Muhd Hafeez
Tajul Arifin, Ahmad Mubarak
Hassan, Mohd Fahrul
Ibrahim, Rasidi
Rahim, Mohammad Zulafif
author_facet Khalid, Siti Nor Azila
Ismail, Al Emran
Zainulabidin, Muhd Hafeez
Tajul Arifin, Ahmad Mubarak
Hassan, Mohd Fahrul
Ibrahim, Rasidi
Rahim, Mohammad Zulafif
author_sort Khalid, Siti Nor Azila
building UTHM Institutional Repository
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description Natural fibres have the potential aspect to replace glass fibre reinforced composites. One of these fibers is kenaf. It is also one of the selected natural fibres that have bio resource profit regarding on their capability to absorb energy absorption especially. In order to prove the application of this fiber for the load-bearing application, the fiber in the form of yarn is weaved into fiber mat and reinforced with the plastic resin. This study focused on the twill yarn kenaf woven composite structure. Composites were prepared using the hand lay-up method with different type of orientation where the orientation is designed using Taguchi method. The hardened composites were cured for 24 hours in an ambient temperature before it was shaped according to ASTM D3039. The samples were then stressed uni-axially to obtain the stress-strain curves. The result shows the fiber orientations were significant factor in determining the performance of tensile strength. In this work, fiber mats are then optimized and the results showed that the values of tensile and modulus strength were 55.738 MPa and 5761.704 Joule, which is increased 3.77% and 4.23% for tensile strength and Young modulus, respectively. By comparing fracture mechanism before and after optimizations, there was clear decreasing fracture surface. It indicated that, the mechanical behavior performances of the twill woven kenaf reinforced composites can be effectively improved by this method.
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spelling uthm-55172022-01-13T06:29:43Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5517/ Mechanical performances of twill kenaf woven fiber reinforced polyester composites Khalid, Siti Nor Azila Ismail, Al Emran Zainulabidin, Muhd Hafeez Tajul Arifin, Ahmad Mubarak Hassan, Mohd Fahrul Ibrahim, Rasidi Rahim, Mohammad Zulafif TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials Natural fibres have the potential aspect to replace glass fibre reinforced composites. One of these fibers is kenaf. It is also one of the selected natural fibres that have bio resource profit regarding on their capability to absorb energy absorption especially. In order to prove the application of this fiber for the load-bearing application, the fiber in the form of yarn is weaved into fiber mat and reinforced with the plastic resin. This study focused on the twill yarn kenaf woven composite structure. Composites were prepared using the hand lay-up method with different type of orientation where the orientation is designed using Taguchi method. The hardened composites were cured for 24 hours in an ambient temperature before it was shaped according to ASTM D3039. The samples were then stressed uni-axially to obtain the stress-strain curves. The result shows the fiber orientations were significant factor in determining the performance of tensile strength. In this work, fiber mats are then optimized and the results showed that the values of tensile and modulus strength were 55.738 MPa and 5761.704 Joule, which is increased 3.77% and 4.23% for tensile strength and Young modulus, respectively. By comparing fracture mechanism before and after optimizations, there was clear decreasing fracture surface. It indicated that, the mechanical behavior performances of the twill woven kenaf reinforced composites can be effectively improved by this method. UTHM 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5517/1/AJ%202018%20%28556%29.pdf Khalid, Siti Nor Azila and Ismail, Al Emran and Zainulabidin, Muhd Hafeez and Tajul Arifin, Ahmad Mubarak and Hassan, Mohd Fahrul and Ibrahim, Rasidi and Rahim, Mohammad Zulafif (2018) Mechanical performances of twill kenaf woven fiber reinforced polyester composites. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 10 (4). pp. 49-59. ISSN 2229-838X https://doi.org/10.30880/ijie.xx.xx.xxxx.xx.xxxxx
spellingShingle TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
Khalid, Siti Nor Azila
Ismail, Al Emran
Zainulabidin, Muhd Hafeez
Tajul Arifin, Ahmad Mubarak
Hassan, Mohd Fahrul
Ibrahim, Rasidi
Rahim, Mohammad Zulafif
Mechanical performances of twill kenaf woven fiber reinforced polyester composites
title Mechanical performances of twill kenaf woven fiber reinforced polyester composites
title_full Mechanical performances of twill kenaf woven fiber reinforced polyester composites
title_fullStr Mechanical performances of twill kenaf woven fiber reinforced polyester composites
title_full_unstemmed Mechanical performances of twill kenaf woven fiber reinforced polyester composites
title_short Mechanical performances of twill kenaf woven fiber reinforced polyester composites
title_sort mechanical performances of twill kenaf woven fiber reinforced polyester composites
topic TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
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