Development And Characterization Of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch/Jute Fibres Reinforced Epoxy Hybrid Composites
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Date
2011-07
Authors
Jawaid, Mohammad
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Present work deals with the designing of hybrid and woven hybrid composites by
hand lay-up method. In this work unique combination of oil palm empty fruit bunch
(EFB), and jute fibres having notable differences in mechanical and physical
properties have been used as reinforcement in epoxy matrix. The effect of jute fibre
loading on the mechanical, physical, chemical and thermal properties of EFB
composite was studied. It was observed that incorporation of jute fibre into EFB
composite enhanced tensile and flexural properties but reduced impact properties.
The hybridization of the EFB composite with jute fibres reduced the void content,
and showed improvement in dimensional stability. The effect of stacking sequence
on mechanical, physical, chemical resistant, and thermal properties of hybrid
composites were evaluated and compared with the epoxy, EFB, and jute composites.
A significant improvement was observed in tensile and flexural properties of hybrid
composites as compared to EFB composite, whereas the impact strength of EFB
composite was found to be higher than those of hybrid composites. It was observed
that marked reduction in void content of hybrid composites in different layering
pattern as compared to EFB composite. Hybridization of oil palm EFB composites
with jute fibres improved the dimensional stability and density of jute composite has
higher density as compared to all other composites.
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Oil Palm Empty Fruit , Hybrid Composites