The effect of fibre content, fibre size and alkali treatment to Charpy impact resistance of Oil Palm fibre reinforced composite material

International Engineering Research and Innovation Symposium

Fitri, Muhamad^1 ; Mahzan, Shahruddin^1

Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor

86400, Malaysia^1

关键词: Alkali treatment;    Fibre content;    Material preparation;    Oil palm fibres;    Reinforcement materials;    Statistical approach;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/160/1/012030/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/160/1/012030

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

In this research, the effect of fibre content, fibre size and alkali treatment to the impact resistance of the composite material have been investigated, The composite material employs oil palm fibre as the reinforcement material whereas the matrix used for the composite materials are polypropylene. The Oil Palm fibres are prepared for two conditions: alkali treated fibres and untreated fibres. The fibre sizes are varied in three sizes: 5mm, 7mm and 10mm. During the composite material preparation, the fibre contents also have been varied into 3 different percentages: 5%, 7% and 10%. The statistical approach is used to optimise the variation of specimen determined by using Taguchi method. The results were analyzed also by the Taguchi method and shows that the Oil Palm fibre content is significantly affect the impact resistance of the polymer matrix composite. However, the fibre size is moderately affecting the impact resistance, whereas the fibre treatment is insignificant to the impact resistance of the oil palm fibre reinforced polymer matrix composite.