Jusoh, Muhammad Jannah
(2008)
Studies On The Properties Of
Woven Na Tural Fiberss Reinforced
Unsaturated Polyester Composites.
Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
Komposit poliester tak tepu (USP) diperkuat anyaman gentian pisang dan
mengkuang teiah dihasilkan melalui teknik beg vakum. Sifat-sifat pelentman, hentaman
dan penyerapan air telah dikaji berdasarkan pecahan isipadu gentian. Sifat-sifat
mekanikal kedua-dua komposit gentian semulajadi didapati lebih tinggi daripada resin
USP. Bagaimanapun, sifat-sifat pelenturan dan hentaman kedua-dua sistem komposit
anyal11an l11asing-masing menurun bagi pecahan isipadu melebihi 10 dan 15 peratus
disebabkan pembasahan tak sempurna. Komposit anyaman pisang menunjukkan sifat
mekanikal yang tinggi disebabkan oleh dinding seI yang tebal dan kandungan selulosa
yang tinggi iaitu sebanyak 67.3 % berat berbanding 44.4 % berat bagi kOl11posit
anyaman mengkuang.
Woven banana fiber and pandanus fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester (USP)
composites were fabricated by vacuum bagging technique. Flexural, impact and water
absorption properties were investigated as a function of fiber volume fi·action. It is
found that the mechanical properties of both natural fiber reinforced USP composites
are higher than USP resin. However above 10 and 15 vol. fraction of fibers, the flexural
and impact properties of these two woven composite systems decreased due to poor
wetting, respectively. Banana woven composites exhibit higher mechanical properties
due to the thicker cell wall in fiber structure and higher fiber cellulose content which is
67.3 w1. % compared to that of 44.4 wt. % for pandanus woven composites.
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