Experimental testing of oil palm fibre composite manufactured via vacuum bagging method

The objective of this research is to compare tensile strength of oil palm fibre composite produced from oil palm fibre of different configurations. Compressed random oil palm fibre and uncompressed random oil palm fibre reinforced polyester composite were manufactured using vacuum bagging techniq...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Hafidz, N.S., Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	IOP Publishing Ltd 2019
Subjects:	T Technology (General)
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spelling	iium-724502019-11-26T07:09:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/72450/ Experimental testing of oil palm fibre composite manufactured via vacuum bagging method Mohd Hafidz, N.S. Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin T Technology (General) The objective of this research is to compare tensile strength of oil palm fibre composite produced from oil palm fibre of different configurations. Compressed random oil palm fibre and uncompressed random oil palm fibre reinforced polyester composite were manufactured using vacuum bagging technique. The volume fractions of the fibre to the resin were 6.6:93.4 and 17:83 for compressed fibre and uncompressed fibre composites, respectively. The ratio of the polyester to hardener is 100:2. Tensile properties obtained via tensile tests as per ASTM D 638 specifications using Universal Testing machine INSTRON 5582. Load-displacement plots show that the fracture load and the slope for specimens from the same plate vary with a significant range. Stress-strain plots also have the same issue. With such data direct comparison of average value may not be giving a conclusive comparison, with a big standard deviation for both sets of specimens. Furthermore, there are two simultaneous factors in this study, namely the configuration of the oil palm fibres used and the volume ratio of the composite. Further testing and analysis is deemed to be necessary to further fine tune the fabrication process, for a conclusive comparison. IOP Publishing Ltd 2019-03-20 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/72450/1/72450%20Experimental%20testing%20of%20oil%20palm%20fibre%20composite.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/72450/2/72450%20Experimental%20testing%20of%20oil%20palm%20fibre%20composite%20SCOPUS.pdf Mohd Hafidz, N.S. and Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin (2019) Experimental testing of oil palm fibre composite manufactured via vacuum bagging method. In: 4th International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2018), 19th-20th September 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/488/1/012009/pdf 10.1088/1757-899X/488/1/012009
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description	The objective of this research is to compare tensile strength of oil palm fibre composite produced from oil palm fibre of different configurations. Compressed random oil palm fibre and uncompressed random oil palm fibre reinforced polyester composite were manufactured using vacuum bagging technique. The volume fractions of the fibre to the resin were 6.6:93.4 and 17:83 for compressed fibre and uncompressed fibre composites, respectively. The ratio of the polyester to hardener is 100:2. Tensile properties obtained via tensile tests as per ASTM D 638 specifications using Universal Testing machine INSTRON 5582. Load-displacement plots show that the fracture load and the slope for specimens from the same plate vary with a significant range. Stress-strain plots also have the same issue. With such data direct comparison of average value may not be giving a conclusive comparison, with a big standard deviation for both sets of specimens. Furthermore, there are two simultaneous factors in this study, namely the configuration of the oil palm fibres used and the volume ratio of the composite. Further testing and analysis is deemed to be necessary to further fine tune the fabrication process, for a conclusive comparison.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohd Hafidz, N.S. Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin
author_facet	Mohd Hafidz, N.S. Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin
author_sort	Mohd Hafidz, N.S.
title	Experimental testing of oil palm fibre composite manufactured via vacuum bagging method
title_short	Experimental testing of oil palm fibre composite manufactured via vacuum bagging method
title_full	Experimental testing of oil palm fibre composite manufactured via vacuum bagging method
title_fullStr	Experimental testing of oil palm fibre composite manufactured via vacuum bagging method
title_full_unstemmed	Experimental testing of oil palm fibre composite manufactured via vacuum bagging method
title_sort	experimental testing of oil palm fibre composite manufactured via vacuum bagging method
publisher	IOP Publishing Ltd
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/72450/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/72450/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/72450/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/72450/1/72450%20Experimental%20testing%20of%20oil%20palm%20fibre%20composite.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/72450/2/72450%20Experimental%20testing%20of%20oil%20palm%20fibre%20composite%20SCOPUS.pdf
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Experimental testing of oil palm fibre composite manufactured via vacuum bagging method

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