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Mechanical Properties of Short Random Oil Palm Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites

This paper presents the study of mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy (OPF/epoxy) composites. Empty fruit bunch (EFB) was selected as the fibre and epoxy as the matrix. Composite plate with four different volume fractions of oil palm fibre was fabricated, (5 vol%, 10...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Yusoff, Mohd Zuhri, Salit, Mohd Sapuan, Ismail, Napsiah, Wirawan, Riza
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Published: 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11864/1/118.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.118642013-05-27T07:50:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11864/ Mechanical Properties of Short Random Oil Palm Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites Mohamed Yusoff, Mohd Zuhri Salit, Mohd Sapuan Ismail, Napsiah Wirawan, Riza This paper presents the study of mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy (OPF/epoxy) composites. Empty fruit bunch (EFB) was selected as the fibre and epoxy as the matrix. Composite plate with four different volume fractions of oil palm fibre was fabricated, (5 vol%, 10 vol%, 15 vol% and 20 vol%). The fabrication was made by hand-lay up techniques. The tensile and flexural properties showed a decreasing trend as the fibre loading was increased. The highest tensile properties was obtained for the composite with fibre loading of 5 vol% and there were no significant effect for addition of more than 5 vol% to the flexural properties. Interaction between fibre and matrix was observed from the scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrograph. 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11864/1/118.pdf Mohamed Yusoff, Mohd Zuhri and Salit, Mohd Sapuan and Ismail, Napsiah and Wirawan, Riza (2010) Mechanical Properties of Short Random Oil Palm Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites. Sains Malaysiana, 39 (1). pp. 87-92. ISSN 0126-6039 English
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description This paper presents the study of mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy (OPF/epoxy) composites. Empty fruit bunch (EFB) was selected as the fibre and epoxy as the matrix. Composite plate with four different volume fractions of oil palm fibre was fabricated, (5 vol%, 10 vol%, 15 vol% and 20 vol%). The fabrication was made by hand-lay up techniques. The tensile and flexural properties showed a decreasing trend as the fibre loading was increased. The highest tensile properties was obtained for the composite with fibre loading of 5 vol% and there were no significant effect for addition of more than 5 vol% to the flexural properties. Interaction between fibre and matrix was observed from the scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrograph.
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author Mohamed Yusoff, Mohd Zuhri
Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Ismail, Napsiah
Wirawan, Riza
spellingShingle Mohamed Yusoff, Mohd Zuhri
Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Ismail, Napsiah
Wirawan, Riza
Mechanical Properties of Short Random Oil Palm Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites
author_facet Mohamed Yusoff, Mohd Zuhri
Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Ismail, Napsiah
Wirawan, Riza
author_sort Mohamed Yusoff, Mohd Zuhri
title Mechanical Properties of Short Random Oil Palm Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites
title_short Mechanical Properties of Short Random Oil Palm Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites
title_full Mechanical Properties of Short Random Oil Palm Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites
title_fullStr Mechanical Properties of Short Random Oil Palm Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites
title_full_unstemmed Mechanical Properties of Short Random Oil Palm Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composites
title_sort mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites
publishDate 2010
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11864/1/118.pdf
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