TY - JOUR
T1 - Static and dynamic properties of sisal fiber polyester composites - Effect of interlaminar fiber orientation
AU - Senthilkumar, Krishnasamy
AU - Siva, Irulappasamy
AU - Sultan, Mohamed Thariq Hameed
AU - Rajini, Nagarajan
AU - Siengchin, Suchart
AU - Jawaid, Mohamad
AU - Hamdan, Ahmad
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - The effect of fiber orientation was studied relative to the static and dynamic properties of sisal/polyester composites. Different composites were developed using the compression moulding technique with the aid of a specially designed mould. Composite laminates were formulated by stacking a number of fiber lamina with different orientations such as 90°/0° /90°, 0° /90° /0°, 90° /0° /0° /90°, 0° /45° /0°, 0° /90° /45° /45° /90° /0°, and 0° /45° /90° /90° /45° /0°. In general, the performance of static and dynamic characteristics was found to be significantly influenced by the effect of interlaminar fiber orientation. Experimental results exhibited a higher flexural strength of 68 MPa and an impact strength of 320 J/m in the case of 0° /90° /45° /45° /90° /0° oriented composites. Dynamic characteristics such as natural frequency and damping were found to be higher in the case of 0° /45° /0° and 0° /90° /0°, respectively. Morphological analysis was performed for understanding the interlaminar orientation and failure mechanisms between the fiber and the matrix.
AB - The effect of fiber orientation was studied relative to the static and dynamic properties of sisal/polyester composites. Different composites were developed using the compression moulding technique with the aid of a specially designed mould. Composite laminates were formulated by stacking a number of fiber lamina with different orientations such as 90°/0° /90°, 0° /90° /0°, 90° /0° /0° /90°, 0° /45° /0°, 0° /90° /45° /45° /90° /0°, and 0° /45° /90° /90° /45° /0°. In general, the performance of static and dynamic characteristics was found to be significantly influenced by the effect of interlaminar fiber orientation. Experimental results exhibited a higher flexural strength of 68 MPa and an impact strength of 320 J/m in the case of 0° /90° /45° /45° /90° /0° oriented composites. Dynamic characteristics such as natural frequency and damping were found to be higher in the case of 0° /45° /0° and 0° /90° /0°, respectively. Morphological analysis was performed for understanding the interlaminar orientation and failure mechanisms between the fiber and the matrix.
KW - Compression moulding technique
KW - Fiber orientation
KW - Flexural
KW - Free vibration
KW - Impact
KW - Sisal
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U2 - 10.15376/biores.12.4.7819-7833
DO - 10.15376/biores.12.4.7819-7833
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85032708036
SN - 1930-2126
VL - 12
SP - 7819
EP - 7833
JO - BioResources
JF - BioResources
IS - 4
ER -