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Oil palm fibre and nano-silica reinforced epoxy composite material

Ng Samuel, D. Sujan*, M. E. Rahman, O. Nabinejad, M. M. Reddy

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Abstract

This paper presents a study on tensile properties of Nano Silicon Carbide (n-SiC) and oil palm fibre (OPF) reinforced epoxy composites. The dosage of n-SiC and OPF are limited to 0%, 1%, 3% & 5% by mass of the total epoxy material. As a part of the research, experimental study is carried out on n-SiC and OPF based epoxy composites to investigate the tensile strength of the composite material. The utilization of 1% n-SiC& 1% treated OPF shows an improvement in tensile strength compared to the pure epoxy. The experimental results are also compared with 3-D finite element analysis results and a good agreement is observed between the experimental and the finite element results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationModern Technologies for Engineering, Applied Mechanics and Material Science
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages23-27
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9783038351580
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Technology, ICMST 2014 - Sarawak, Malaysia
Duration: 7 Jun 20148 Jun 2014

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume980
ISSN (Print)1022-6680
ISSN (Electronic)1662-8985

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Technology, ICMST 2014
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CitySarawak
Period7/06/148/06/14

Keywords

  • Composite material
  • Epoxy
  • Nano silicon carbide
  • Oil palm fibres
  • Tensile strength

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