Properties of bio-composite products from acacia strand and coconut veneer / Siti Nadrah M. Omar
Properties of bio-composite product from Acacia strand and coconut veneer were ascertained. The effects of strand size and layer arrangement were determined. Different strand sizes (10 mm, 15 mm and 20 mm) were used to create different combinations of layer arrangement; strand-veneer-strand (SVS)...
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Faculty of Applied Sciences
2015
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| Online Access: | http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19982/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19982/1/PPb_SITI%20NADRAH%20M.%20OMAR%20AS%20C%2015_5.pdf.PDF |
| Summary: | Properties of bio-composite product from Acacia strand and coconut veneer
were ascertained. The effects of strand size and layer arrangement were
determined. Different strand sizes (10 mm, 15 mm and 20 mm) were used to
create different combinations of layer arrangement; strand-veneer-strand (SVS)
and veneer-strand-veneer (VSV). Comply is a bio-composite product, was
assessed for the mechanical properties (bending and internal bonding) and
physical properties (thickness swelling and water absorption) in accordance with
the European Standard. The value of MOR and MOE were found to be not
significant when comparing SVS (10 mm and 15 mm) with 100% strand.
Meanwhile, it was found that SVS (10 mm) and 100% strand had the highest
value of IB and TS respectively. Both layer arrangements were then being
compared with plywood made by coconut veneer. The result showed that
plywood had the highest value of MOR (51.54 MPa) and IB (0.66 MPa), VSV
had the highest value of MOE (8037.79 MPa), and plywood had the best value
of TS (12.19%). |
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