Tensile Properties Of Woven Kenaf Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Hybrid Aluminium-Composite

• Main Authors: Naziatul Fazilah, Mohd Zalani, Sivakumar, Dhar Malingam, Mohd Zulkefli, Selamat
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN) 2016
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/17024/2/Dilah%20ARPNjeas_0616_4521.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/17024/; http://www.arpnjournals.org/jeas/research_papers/rp_2016/jeas_0616_4521.pdf

Concern on environmental impact of emission from the automobile and the uncertainties in fuel price has led to the development of lighter materials. Hybrid metal-composite is a sandwich structure which is lighter than its constituent monolithic metal. In this study, hybrid aluminium-composite (HAC) was fabricated using plain weave woven kenaf fiber reinforced polypropylene matrix composite sandwiched in between aluminium 6061-O using hot compression method. Tensile test was conducted on the HAC with two different fiber loading and fiber orientation. The fiber loading were with 1 mm pitch (X-type) and 5 mm pitch (Y-type) and the orientation were 0° and 45°. The result shows that tensile strength had been increased with the increment of fiber loading, where X-type tensile strength is higher than Y-type. Meanwhile, 45° fiber orientation gives higher tensile strength compared to 0°. The images of the fracture type experienced by the HAC after the tensile test was also observed.