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Fracture characterisation of short bamboo fibre reinforced polyester composites
AbstractIn the study, fracture behaviour of short bamboo fibre reinforced polyester composites is investigated. The matrix is reinforced with fibres ranging from 10 to 50, 30 to 50 and 30 to 60vol.% at increments of 10vol.% for bamboo fibres at 4, 7 and 10mm lengths respectively. The results reveal that at 4mm of fibre length, the increment in fibre content deteriorates the fracture toughness. As for 7 and 10mm fibre lengths, positive effect of fibre reinforcement is observed. The optimum fibre content is found to be at 40vol.% for 7mm fibre and 50vol.% for 10mm fibre. The highest fracture toughness is achieved at 10mm/50vol.% fibre reinforced composite, with 340% of improvement compared to neat polyester. Fractured surfaces investigated through the Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) describing different failure mechanisms are also reported.
Fracture characterisation of short bamboo fibre reinforced polyester composites
AbstractIn the study, fracture behaviour of short bamboo fibre reinforced polyester composites is investigated. The matrix is reinforced with fibres ranging from 10 to 50, 30 to 50 and 30 to 60vol.% at increments of 10vol.% for bamboo fibres at 4, 7 and 10mm lengths respectively. The results reveal that at 4mm of fibre length, the increment in fibre content deteriorates the fracture toughness. As for 7 and 10mm fibre lengths, positive effect of fibre reinforcement is observed. The optimum fibre content is found to be at 40vol.% for 7mm fibre and 50vol.% for 10mm fibre. The highest fracture toughness is achieved at 10mm/50vol.% fibre reinforced composite, with 340% of improvement compared to neat polyester. Fractured surfaces investigated through the Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) describing different failure mechanisms are also reported.
Fracture characterisation of short bamboo fibre reinforced polyester composites
Wong, K.J. (author) / Zahi, S. (author) / Low, K.O. (author) / Lim, C.C. (author)
2010-04-15
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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