The effect of fibre loading and orientations on the mechanical properties of kenaf-carbon fibre hybrid composite for automotive attenuator application
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my.uniten.dspace-336982024-10-13T02:03:31Z The effect of fibre loading and orientations on the mechanical properties of kenaf-carbon fibre hybrid composite for automotive attenuator application Rameswaran Balasubramaniam TS1544.A5 R36 2018 Fibre reinforced composites are used widely due to its advantage over original element. Composites are materials with combined properties and advantages of two or more element it is made of. Furthermore, issues of non- natural materials are clogging our earth due to its non-biodegradable properties which cannot decompose. Natural fibre composites are introduced in order to solve biodegradable issue as well as addressing issue of non-renewable materials. However, natural fibre has several limitations due to several weaknesses which could be overcome by hybrid composite of both natural and non-natural fibres. In this project, the effect of kenaf fiber loading and orientation on the mechanical properties of Kenaf-Carbon fibre hybrid composites for commercial vehicle's attenuator application is proposed. Impact attenuator is also known as crash cushion, which is a component used to reduce the damage during an accident resulting from a motor vehicle collision. This attenuator plays an important role in vehicle collision which, if it is too hard neither soft, then it may cause fatal for the vehicle users. Kenaf fiber has a higher strength to weight ratio and good energy absorption characteristics whereas, carbon fiber has higher stiffness, excellent strength and also ultimate lightweight properties. The hybrid composite of these materials can be a better solution that can be used for attenuator application. In this project, epoxy had been selected as the matrix for all the four composite samples that been prepared which are, neat epoxy composite, kenaf/epoxy composite, carbon/epoxy composite, and kenaf/carbon hybrid composite. Carbon/epoxy composite is the strongest material with higher impact strength, tensile stress, and flexural stress value, among the four samples, followed by the hybrid composite of kenaf/carbon composite with epoxy as the matrix. This hybrid composite is capable to be used as an attenuator in commercial vehicles and also will be a good substitute to the current material as it is a biodegradable material. 2024-10-07T02:37:06Z 2024-10-07T02:37:06Z 2018 Resource Types::text::Final Year Project https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/33698 en application/pdf |
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The effect of fibre loading and orientations on the mechanical properties of kenaf-carbon fibre hybrid composite for automotive attenuator application |
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The effect of fibre loading and orientations on the mechanical properties of kenaf-carbon fibre hybrid composite for automotive attenuator application |
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The effect of fibre loading and orientations on the mechanical properties of kenaf-carbon fibre hybrid composite for automotive attenuator application |
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The effect of fibre loading and orientations on the mechanical properties of kenaf-carbon fibre hybrid composite for automotive attenuator application |
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The effect of fibre loading and orientations on the mechanical properties of kenaf-carbon fibre hybrid composite for automotive attenuator application |
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effect of fibre loading and orientations on the mechanical properties of kenaf-carbon fibre hybrid composite for automotive attenuator application |
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