Mechanical properties of bamboo reinforced epoxy sandwich structure composites

In the composite industry, natural fibres have great potential to replace synthetic fibres like carbon and glass, due to their low cost and environmentally friendly materials. Bamboo is emerging as a versatile reinforcing fibre candidate because this woody plant has a number of advantages, such as b...

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Main Authors: Roslan, Siti Amni Husna, Hassan, Mohamad Zaki, Rasid, Zainudin A., Shaikh Salim, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki, Md.Daud, Mohd. Yusof, Abdul Aziz, Sa'ardin, Sarip, Shamsul, Ismail, Z.
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spelling my.utm.611842017-08-21T03:40:35Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61184/ Mechanical properties of bamboo reinforced epoxy sandwich structure composites Roslan, Siti Amni Husna Hassan, Mohamad Zaki Rasid, Zainudin A. Shaikh Salim, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Md.Daud, Mohd. Yusof Abdul Aziz, Sa'ardin Sarip, Shamsul Ismail, Z. TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) In the composite industry, natural fibres have great potential to replace synthetic fibres like carbon and glass, due to their low cost and environmentally friendly materials. Bamboo is emerging as a versatile reinforcing fibre candidate because this woody plant has a number of advantages, such as being naturally strong, biodegradable and abundantly available. In this study, a compression test with a crosshead displacement rate of 1 mm/min was conducted on square and triangular honeycomb core structures based on bamboo-epoxy composites so as to study their specific energy absorption. Both square and triangular honeycomb structures were manufactured by the slotting technique. Initially, a tensile test with the same crosshead displacement rate was conducted to study the tensile strength of unidirectional bamboo-epoxy composites with 0°, 45° and 90° fibre orientations. Bamboo-epoxy composite laminates were fabricated by applying a hand lay-up technique. The experimental data showed that the unidirectional bamboo-epoxy composite with 0° orientation offered the highest tensile strength. This indicates that the bamboo is stronger when parallel to the tensile axis. Meanwhile, the triangular honeycomb bamboo-epoxy structure offered about 10% more energy absorption than the square honeycomb structure, which indicates that the smaller cell size of honeycomb is able to absorb more energy than the bigger one. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Roslan, Siti Amni Husna and Hassan, Mohamad Zaki and Rasid, Zainudin A. and Shaikh Salim, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki and Md.Daud, Mohd. Yusof and Abdul Aziz, Sa'ardin and Sarip, Shamsul and Ismail, Z. (2015) Mechanical properties of bamboo reinforced epoxy sandwich structure composites. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Research, 8-9 Aug, 2015, Pahang, Malaysia. http://icmer.ump.edu.my/
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Roslan, Siti Amni Husna
Hassan, Mohamad Zaki
Rasid, Zainudin A.
Shaikh Salim, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki
Md.Daud, Mohd. Yusof
Abdul Aziz, Sa'ardin
Sarip, Shamsul
Ismail, Z.
Mechanical properties of bamboo reinforced epoxy sandwich structure composites
description In the composite industry, natural fibres have great potential to replace synthetic fibres like carbon and glass, due to their low cost and environmentally friendly materials. Bamboo is emerging as a versatile reinforcing fibre candidate because this woody plant has a number of advantages, such as being naturally strong, biodegradable and abundantly available. In this study, a compression test with a crosshead displacement rate of 1 mm/min was conducted on square and triangular honeycomb core structures based on bamboo-epoxy composites so as to study their specific energy absorption. Both square and triangular honeycomb structures were manufactured by the slotting technique. Initially, a tensile test with the same crosshead displacement rate was conducted to study the tensile strength of unidirectional bamboo-epoxy composites with 0°, 45° and 90° fibre orientations. Bamboo-epoxy composite laminates were fabricated by applying a hand lay-up technique. The experimental data showed that the unidirectional bamboo-epoxy composite with 0° orientation offered the highest tensile strength. This indicates that the bamboo is stronger when parallel to the tensile axis. Meanwhile, the triangular honeycomb bamboo-epoxy structure offered about 10% more energy absorption than the square honeycomb structure, which indicates that the smaller cell size of honeycomb is able to absorb more energy than the bigger one.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Roslan, Siti Amni Husna
Hassan, Mohamad Zaki
Rasid, Zainudin A.
Shaikh Salim, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki
Md.Daud, Mohd. Yusof
Abdul Aziz, Sa'ardin
Sarip, Shamsul
Ismail, Z.
author_facet Roslan, Siti Amni Husna
Hassan, Mohamad Zaki
Rasid, Zainudin A.
Shaikh Salim, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki
Md.Daud, Mohd. Yusof
Abdul Aziz, Sa'ardin
Sarip, Shamsul
Ismail, Z.
author_sort Roslan, Siti Amni Husna
title Mechanical properties of bamboo reinforced epoxy sandwich structure composites
title_short Mechanical properties of bamboo reinforced epoxy sandwich structure composites
title_full Mechanical properties of bamboo reinforced epoxy sandwich structure composites
title_fullStr Mechanical properties of bamboo reinforced epoxy sandwich structure composites
title_full_unstemmed Mechanical properties of bamboo reinforced epoxy sandwich structure composites
title_sort mechanical properties of bamboo reinforced epoxy sandwich structure composites
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61184/
http://icmer.ump.edu.my/
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