Mechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fibre Reinforced Polypropylene Laminated Composites

Pineapple leaf fibre which is rich in cellulose,relatively inexpensive and abundantly available has the potential to be used as reinforcement in polymer composite.The present research investigates the tensile, flexural and impact behaviours of pineapple leaf fibrepolypropylene(PALF-PP) composites a...

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Main Author:	Md Rejab, Mohd Noor Arib
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2004
Subjects:	Composites
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/170/1/549504_t_fk_2004_17.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.1702015-08-06T02:38:09Z Mechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fibre Reinforced Polypropylene Laminated Composites 2004-06 Md Rejab, Mohd Noor Arib Pineapple leaf fibre which is rich in cellulose,relatively inexpensive and abundantly available has the potential to be used as reinforcement in polymer composite.The present research investigates the tensile, flexural and impact behaviours of pineapple leaf fibrepolypropylene(PALF-PP) composites as a function of volume fraction.Composites specimens with the dimensions of 115 mm x 19 mm and 127 mm x 12.7 mm were cut from the 3 mm thickness laminates to determine tensile and flexural properties using an Universal Testing machine. Specimen with dimensions 63.5 x 12.7 x 3.0 mm were used for Izod impact test was using a TMI pendulum tester The tensile modulus and tensile strength of the composites were found to be increased with fibre content in accordance with the rule of mixtures. The tensile modulus and tensile strength with a volume fraction 10.8 % are 687.02 MPa and 37.28 MPa respectively. The flexural modulus gives higher value at 2.7 % volume fraction.The flexural strength of the composites containing 5.4 % volume fraction was found to be higher than that of pure polypropylene resin by 5.1 %. At 2.7 % volume fraction,the work of fracture is about 6.1 % higher than that of virgin polypropylene. However, at higher percentage volume fraction (5.4 %, 10.8 % and 16.2 %) the work of fracture decrease by about 19.2 % and then 2.7 % of volume fraction.The reasons why flexural and impact properties gave lower values for volume fraction above 5.4 % are possibly due to the fibre-to-fibre interaction,void and dispersion problems. This was confirmed by the micrographs of scanning electron microscopic (SEM).Studies on SEM micrographs were carried out to understand the fibre –matrix adhesion and fibre breakage Composites 2004-06 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/170/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/170/1/549504_t_fk_2004_17.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Composites Faculty of Engineering
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description	Pineapple leaf fibre which is rich in cellulose,relatively inexpensive and abundantly available has the potential to be used as reinforcement in polymer composite.The present research investigates the tensile, flexural and impact behaviours of pineapple leaf fibrepolypropylene(PALF-PP) composites as a function of volume fraction.Composites specimens with the dimensions of 115 mm x 19 mm and 127 mm x 12.7 mm were cut from the 3 mm thickness laminates to determine tensile and flexural properties using an Universal Testing machine. Specimen with dimensions 63.5 x 12.7 x 3.0 mm were used for Izod impact test was using a TMI pendulum tester The tensile modulus and tensile strength of the composites were found to be increased with fibre content in accordance with the rule of mixtures. The tensile modulus and tensile strength with a volume fraction 10.8 % are 687.02 MPa and 37.28 MPa respectively. The flexural modulus gives higher value at 2.7 % volume fraction.The flexural strength of the composites containing 5.4 % volume fraction was found to be higher than that of pure polypropylene resin by 5.1 %. At 2.7 % volume fraction,the work of fracture is about 6.1 % higher than that of virgin polypropylene. However, at higher percentage volume fraction (5.4 %, 10.8 % and 16.2 %) the work of fracture decrease by about 19.2 % and then 2.7 % of volume fraction.The reasons why flexural and impact properties gave lower values for volume fraction above 5.4 % are possibly due to the fibre-to-fibre interaction,void and dispersion problems. This was confirmed by the micrographs of scanning electron microscopic (SEM).Studies on SEM micrographs were carried out to understand the fibre –matrix adhesion and fibre breakage
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Md Rejab, Mohd Noor Arib
author_facet	Md Rejab, Mohd Noor Arib
author_sort	Md Rejab, Mohd Noor Arib
title	Mechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fibre Reinforced Polypropylene Laminated Composites
title_short	Mechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fibre Reinforced Polypropylene Laminated Composites
title_full	Mechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fibre Reinforced Polypropylene Laminated Composites
title_fullStr	Mechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fibre Reinforced Polypropylene Laminated Composites
title_full_unstemmed	Mechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fibre Reinforced Polypropylene Laminated Composites
title_sort	mechanical properties of pineapple leaf fibre reinforced polypropylene laminated composites
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty of Engineering
publishDate	2004
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/170/1/549504_t_fk_2004_17.pdf
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