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Tensile and flextural strength of natural fibres reinforced epoxy composites / Teh Wai Liang

By:

Teh, Wai Liang

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Kuantan, Pahang : UMP, 2009Description: xv, 73 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. + 1 computer discISBN:

THE0005854(Local)

Other title:

Tensile and flextural strength of natural fibres reinforced epoxy composites [electronic resource]

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Dissertation note: Project paper (Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering) -- Universiti Malaysia Pahang - 2009 Abstract: Due to the environmental aspects, the interest in using natural fibres such as cotton, flax, coir, banana and sisal as reinforcement in plastics had increased dramatically during last few years. The main purposes of this project are to determine and compare the tensile and flexural strength of pure epoxy and natural fibres reinforced epoxy. The natural fibres used for this project were banana stem fibres and coconut coir fibres. The natural fibres were mixed with epoxy and hardener at 10% weight percentage of fibres content. The process employed to fabricate the specimens was hand lay up and the natural fibres was oriented at 90 degree which is parallel to the applied load. The dimensions of the specimens for tensile and flexural test were based on ASTM D638 and ASTM D790 respectively. The results obtained shown that pure epoxy achieved higher in both tensile and flexural strength in comparison with other natural fibres reinforced epoxy composites.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Final Year Report	UMPLIB PEKAN	TA418.9.F5 T44 2009 rs Bc. (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Not for loan		0000044387
Final Year Report	UMPLIB PEKAN	CD 4217 \| TA418.9.F5 T44 2009 rs Bc. (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Not for loan		0000044388

Project paper (Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering) -- Universiti Malaysia Pahang - 2009

Bibliography : p. 47-49

Due to the environmental aspects, the interest in using natural fibres such as cotton, flax, coir, banana and sisal as reinforcement in plastics had increased dramatically during last few years. The main purposes of this project are to determine and compare the tensile and flexural strength of pure epoxy and natural fibres reinforced epoxy. The natural fibres used for this project were banana stem fibres and coconut coir fibres. The natural fibres were mixed with epoxy and hardener at 10% weight percentage of fibres content. The process employed to fabricate the specimens was hand lay up and the natural fibres was oriented at 90 degree which is parallel to the applied load. The dimensions of the specimens for tensile and flexural test were based on ASTM D638 and ASTM D790 respectively. The results obtained shown that pure epoxy achieved higher in both tensile and flexural strength in comparison with other natural fibres reinforced epoxy composites.