An Experimental Study on the Scratch Characteristics of Bamboo Fibre-Reinforced Epoxy Composite

Advanced Composites Letters

Letter

K. J. Wong¹  K. O. Low²  J. L. Lim² 

[1] Centre for Composites, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.;Centre for Mechanical Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Multimedia University, Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama, 75450 Melaka, Malaysia.;

关键词: Bamboo fibre;    Scratch force;    Scratch hardness;    Epoxy resin;    Composite;   

DOI  :  10.1177/096369351001900403

 received in 2010-05-29, accepted in 2010-07-23,  发布年份 2010

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Bamboo fibre has been used as reinforcement in epoxy. The influence of bamboo fibres orientation on the scratch characteristics has been studied by single pass scratching action and evaluated in terms of scratch force and scratch hardness. The composites are prepared for three different fibre orientations, longitudinal, transverse and 10 mm random. Five values of applied load (2 N, 5 N, 10 N, 12 N, 15 N) and two scratching speeds (5.6 mm s−1, 11.2 mm s−1) are considered. The results revealed that the introduction of bamboo fibres tends to increase the scratch force for all composites considered except for longitudinal orientated fibre composite. The scratch hardness shows improvement when bamboo fibre is introduced, except for the longitudinal case. The best result for scratch hardness is exhibited by transversely orientated bamboo fibre reinforced epoxy corresponding to 35 % improvement.

【 授权许可】

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© 2010 SAGE Publications Ltd

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