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EFFECT OF PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH COMPOSITE

Oil palm fibers have been extensively studied for the production of various composites, such as thermoplastic composites, particleboard, medium-density fibreboard, polymer-impregnated oil palm trunk, and thermoset composites. The empty fruit bunch of oil palm can be included as a reinforcement fiber...

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Main Author: Mohd Yusniman b Yusof, Mohd Yusniman
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2010
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling my-utp-utpedia.38052017-01-25T09:42:50Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/3805/ EFFECT OF PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH COMPOSITE Mohd Yusniman b Yusof, Mohd Yusniman TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Oil palm fibers have been extensively studied for the production of various composites, such as thermoplastic composites, particleboard, medium-density fibreboard, polymer-impregnated oil palm trunk, and thermoset composites. The empty fruit bunch of oil palm can be included as a reinforcement fiber due to availability, cost, and its properties. High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is chosen because it has low degree of branching and stronger intermolecular forces and tensile strength. The filler acted as reinforcement on strength and stiffness of composites while the plastic matrix serves as the adhesive to hold the filler in the place so that the suitable structures components can be made. Two different processing techniques were used for this works which are Extrusion process (EX) and Internal mixer process (IM). These two processes will produce two composites in different form and with different mechanical properties. The result revealed that IM composites yielded a relatively higher strength than EX composites. The IM composites also showed better results in their tensile modulus, flexure strength, and hardness compared with EX composites. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2010-10 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/3805/1/Dissertation_Yusniman.pdf Mohd Yusniman b Yusof, Mohd Yusniman (2010) EFFECT OF PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH COMPOSITE. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. (Unpublished)
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Mohd Yusniman b Yusof, Mohd Yusniman
EFFECT OF PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH COMPOSITE
description Oil palm fibers have been extensively studied for the production of various composites, such as thermoplastic composites, particleboard, medium-density fibreboard, polymer-impregnated oil palm trunk, and thermoset composites. The empty fruit bunch of oil palm can be included as a reinforcement fiber due to availability, cost, and its properties. High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is chosen because it has low degree of branching and stronger intermolecular forces and tensile strength. The filler acted as reinforcement on strength and stiffness of composites while the plastic matrix serves as the adhesive to hold the filler in the place so that the suitable structures components can be made. Two different processing techniques were used for this works which are Extrusion process (EX) and Internal mixer process (IM). These two processes will produce two composites in different form and with different mechanical properties. The result revealed that IM composites yielded a relatively higher strength than EX composites. The IM composites also showed better results in their tensile modulus, flexure strength, and hardness compared with EX composites.
format Final Year Project
author Mohd Yusniman b Yusof, Mohd Yusniman
author_facet Mohd Yusniman b Yusof, Mohd Yusniman
author_sort Mohd Yusniman b Yusof, Mohd Yusniman
title EFFECT OF PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH COMPOSITE
title_short EFFECT OF PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH COMPOSITE
title_full EFFECT OF PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH COMPOSITE
title_fullStr EFFECT OF PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH COMPOSITE
title_full_unstemmed EFFECT OF PROCESSING TECHNIQUES ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH COMPOSITE
title_sort effect of processing techniques on the mechanical properties of oil palm empty fruit bunch composite
publisher Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
publishDate 2010
url http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/3805/1/Dissertation_Yusniman.pdf
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