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Vol.12(9) (2021)Special Issue on the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) R&D Showcase |
Ummu Raihanah Hashim (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, MALAYSIA),
Aidah Jumahat (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, MALAYSIA and Institute for Infrastructure Engineering Sustainable and Management (IIESM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, MALAYSIA),
Raja Mazuir Raja Ahsan Shah (Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility, Coventry University, CV1 5FB, UNITED KINGDOM),
Luqman Hakim Abu Hassan (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, MALAYSIA).
Disciplinary: Engineering mechanics, Engineering Materials, Advanced Materials, Mechanical Engineering.
doi: 10.14456/ITJEMAST.2021.183
Keywords: Polyether-sulfone (PES); Epoxy-Thermoplastic material; Basalt fibre; Fibre composites; Mechanical properties, Self-Healing properties.
This paper presents the mechanical properties of polyether-sulfone (PES) filled basalt and glass fibre reinforced polymer composites. Three different weights of PES powder with 1, 3, and 5 wt.% were dispersed into resin using a mechanical stirrer before being impregnated into woven basalt and glass fibre composite laminates. Eight different composite systems were fabricated and tested under tensile and flexural loading according to ASTM D3039 and D790. The result deduced that the inclusion of PES enhanced the mechanical properties for both Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (BFRP) and Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) composites. In BFRP composite systems, adding 5wt.% of PES (5BF/PES) showed the highest tensile strength and modulus with 47% and 51% increment compared to neat BFRP. In GFRP composite systems, the inclusion of 3 wt.% PES (3GF/PES) showed an improvement of 34% for tensile strength and 5wt.% PES inclusion (5GF/PES) indicated the highest improvement of tensile modulus 106% as compared to neat GFRP. For flexural strength, a similar trend of improvement was found in BFRP and GFRP composite systems. The 5BF/PES showed improvement of 148% and 121% for flexural strength and flexural modulus, compared to neat BFRP. For GFRP composite systems, the 3GF/PES showed the highest flexural strength while 5GF/PES showed the highest flexural modulus of 39% and 71% improvement, compared to neat GFRP.
Paper ID: 12A9O
Cite this article:
Hashim, U. R., Jumahat, A., Shah, R. M. R. A., and Hassan, L. H. A. (2021). Tensile and Flexural Properties of Thermoplastic Filled Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites. International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 12(9), 12A9O, 1-10. http://doi.org/10.14456/ITJEMAST.2021.183
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