Mechanical Properties of Palm Fibre Reinforced Recycled HDPE
Joint Authors
Aldousiri, B.
Alajmi, M.
Shalwan, A.
Source
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-05-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Engineering Sciences and Information Technology
Abstract EN
Recently, recycled thermoplastic polymers become an alternative resource for manufacturing industrial products.
However, they have low mechanical properties compared to the thermosets.
In this paper, an attempt has been made to enhance the mechanical properties of recycled high density polyethylene (HDPE) with chopped strand mat (CSM) glass fibres as a synthetic reinforcement and with short oil palm fibres as a biodegradable (natural) reinforcement.
The effects of volume fraction of both synthetic and natural fibres on tensile, compression, hardness, and flexural properties of the HDPE were investigated.
The failure mechanism of the composite was studied with the aid of optical microscopy.
Tensile properties of the HDPE composites are greatly affected by the weight fraction of both the synthetic and the natural fibres.
The higher strength of the composites was exhibited when at higher weight fraction of both natural and syntactic fibres which was about 50 MPa.
Date palm fibre showed good interfacial adhesion to the HDPE despite the untreated condition used.
On the other hand, treatment of the fibres is recommended for higher tensile performance of the composites.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Aldousiri, B.& Alajmi, M.& Shalwan, A.. 2013. Mechanical Properties of Palm Fibre Reinforced Recycled HDPE. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Aldousiri, B.…[et al.]. Mechanical Properties of Palm Fibre Reinforced Recycled HDPE. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Aldousiri, B.& Alajmi, M.& Shalwan, A.. Mechanical Properties of Palm Fibre Reinforced Recycled HDPE. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-477206
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-477206