A study on material of book rack fabricated from biocomposite Kenaf fiber-based

Jamil, Muhammad Aliff (2019) A study on material of book rack fabricated from biocomposite Kenaf fiber-based. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The purpose of this research is to fabricate the material of biocomposite Kenaf fiber based and determine the mechanical properties of the material. The waste product based on synthetic material is negative contribution for environment and humankind future. The effect for the excessive synthetic material consumption may lead to the global warming that cause by the way of the waste material disposed. Kenaf or its scientific name Hibiscus cannabinus L. is natural fiber that has good mechanical properties and can grow quickly in its season. It is the plant fiber that have a potential to replace the synthetic fiber for production of biocomposite. Composite material composed a matrix as the binder to the fiber reinforcement. The matrix material of the biocomposite used is mixture of epoxy resin and clay and embedding the reinforcement of Kenaf fiber. There were 42 sample of biocomposite material with different composition prepared. The sample prepared by hand layup method. The sample of three layers were prepared by combining the mixture of epoxy resin and clay with the Kenaf fiber. The fiber was located in the middle of the sample layers. The samples have tested by two mechanical test to obtained mechanical properties of the biocomposite which were Tensile test and Flexural test. All the tests carried out were according to the standard of ASTM D3039 and ASTM A790. The result of mechanical properties were used for analyzing to decide the best composition which was the sample reinforced by 30% Kenaf fiber have the optimum value after static analysis from Solidwork by certain loaded. The last step was the fabrication for scale model of book rack. Therefore, both objective of this project have been achieve which the composite for fabricate book rack by tested and analysed.

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