Tensile and Compressive Properties of Woven Kenaf/Glass Sandwich Hybrid Composites
Monotonic (tensile and compression) properties of woven kenaf/glass reinforced unsaturated polyester sandwich hybrid composites have been experimentally investigated. Five types of composites laminates were fabricated using a combination of hand lay-up and cold press techniques, postcured for two ho...
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| author | Mohaiman J. Sharba Z. Leman M. T. H. Sultan M. R. Ishak M. A. Azmah Hanim |
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| description | Monotonic (tensile and compression) properties of woven kenaf/glass reinforced unsaturated polyester sandwich hybrid composites have been experimentally investigated. Five types of composites laminates were fabricated using a combination of hand lay-up and cold press techniques, postcured for two hours at 80°C and left for 48 hours at room temperature. The hybrid composites contained fixed six layers of glass as a shell, three on each side, whereas the number of core kenaf layers was changed in three stages to get S1, S2, and S3 hybrid composites. Composites specimens with pure glass and kenaf were also fabricated for comparison. It was found that one kenaf layer replaced about 20% of total fiber weight fraction of the composite; this leads to reducing the density of final hybrid composite by 13%. Besides, in mechanical properties perspective, there are less than 1% reduction in compression strength and 40% in tensile strength when compared to pure glass composite. Generally, the results revealed that the best performance was observed in S1, which showed a good balance of all mechanical properties determined in this work. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5b0e1f108f3944ff8cd4d7691ae59ecc2025-08-20T03:34:43ZengWileyInternational Journal of Polymer Science1687-94221687-94302016-01-01201610.1155/2016/12350481235048Tensile and Compressive Properties of Woven Kenaf/Glass Sandwich Hybrid CompositesMohaiman J. Sharba0Z. Leman1M. T. H. Sultan2M. R. Ishak3M. A. Azmah Hanim4Mechanical Engineering Department, Al-Suwayrah Technical Institute, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, IraqDepartment of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaAerospace Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), Faculty of Engineering, UPM, Level 7, Tower Block, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaAerospace Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), Faculty of Engineering, UPM, Level 7, Tower Block, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaMonotonic (tensile and compression) properties of woven kenaf/glass reinforced unsaturated polyester sandwich hybrid composites have been experimentally investigated. Five types of composites laminates were fabricated using a combination of hand lay-up and cold press techniques, postcured for two hours at 80°C and left for 48 hours at room temperature. The hybrid composites contained fixed six layers of glass as a shell, three on each side, whereas the number of core kenaf layers was changed in three stages to get S1, S2, and S3 hybrid composites. Composites specimens with pure glass and kenaf were also fabricated for comparison. It was found that one kenaf layer replaced about 20% of total fiber weight fraction of the composite; this leads to reducing the density of final hybrid composite by 13%. Besides, in mechanical properties perspective, there are less than 1% reduction in compression strength and 40% in tensile strength when compared to pure glass composite. Generally, the results revealed that the best performance was observed in S1, which showed a good balance of all mechanical properties determined in this work.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1235048 |
| spellingShingle | Mohaiman J. Sharba Z. Leman M. T. H. Sultan M. R. Ishak M. A. Azmah Hanim Tensile and Compressive Properties of Woven Kenaf/Glass Sandwich Hybrid Composites International Journal of Polymer Science |
| title | Tensile and Compressive Properties of Woven Kenaf/Glass Sandwich Hybrid Composites |
| title_full | Tensile and Compressive Properties of Woven Kenaf/Glass Sandwich Hybrid Composites |
| title_fullStr | Tensile and Compressive Properties of Woven Kenaf/Glass Sandwich Hybrid Composites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tensile and Compressive Properties of Woven Kenaf/Glass Sandwich Hybrid Composites |
| title_short | Tensile and Compressive Properties of Woven Kenaf/Glass Sandwich Hybrid Composites |
| title_sort | tensile and compressive properties of woven kenaf glass sandwich hybrid composites |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1235048 |
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