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ISSN: 0128-7680 © Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Fracture Toughness of Kenaf Mat Reinforced Polyester Composite Zainab Shaker Radif* and Aidy Ali Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia * E-mail:
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ABSTRACT The fracture behaviour represents the most critical issue in the automotive and aerospace engine ¿HOGV7KXVWKHREMHFWLYHRIWKLVVWXG\ZDVWRHVWLPDWHDQGDQDO\]HWKHFUDFNFULWHULDE\XVLQJWKH 0DWKHPDWLFDOODZVWKDWZHUHOLPLWHGLQ(VWDQGDUGDQGWKHUHVXOWVDI¿UPHGE\DSSO\LQJWKH QXPHULFDOVROXWLRQVRI$16<6WRHVWLPDWHWKHIUDFWXUHWRXJKQHVVYDOXH.,&EHVLGHVWKHHQHUJ\ UHOHDVHUDWHRIELRPDVVFRPSRVLWH7KHVSHFLPHQVZHUHSUHSDUHGIURPGLIIHUHQWSHUFHQWDJHRI NHQDIPDW.0 DQGXQVDWXUDWHGSRO\HVWHUUHVLQ83 .0±83DQG.0±83 UHVSHFWLYHO\DVZHOOWKHRWKHUFRPSRVLWHSURSHUWLHVZKLFKZHUHFDOFXODWHGXVLQJWKHVWUHVVVWUDLQGDWD 7KHIUDFWXUHFKDUDFWHUL]DWLRQVRIWKLVFRPSRVLWHZHUHFDUULHGRXWXVLQJWKHFRPSDFWWHQVLRQ&7 VSHFLPHQWKDWZDVFRPPRQO\XVHGWRGHWHUPLQH0RGH,IUDFWXUHSURSHUWLHV7KHIUDFWXUHWRXJKQHVV KDVEHHQIRXQGWREHLQGHSHQGHQWRISUHFUDFNOHQJWK0HDQZKLOHWKHWHVWVZHUHSHUIRUPHGDWURRP temperature. The numerical simulations of the ANSYS model results demonstrated a good agreement EHWZHHQWKHH[SHULPHQWVFRPSXWHGUHVXOWVRIWKHIUDFWXUHWRXJKQHVV7KHIUDFWXUHWRXJKQHVV.,& RI.0±83DQG.0±83ZDVHTXLYDOHQWWR03D¥PDQG03D¥P UHVSHFWLYHO\7KXVWKHIUDFWXUHSURSDJDWLRQLVGHSHQGHQWRQWKH¿EUHSHUFHQWDJHRIWKHFRPSRVLWH 2QWKHRWKHUKDQGWKHUHDUHXQOLPLWHGPHFKDQLVPVRIFUDFNSDWKVGHULYHGIURPUDQGRPO\NHQDIPDW SDFNVSDUWLFXODUO\LQWKHIURQWDOSURFHVV]RQHRIFUDFNWLS Keywords: Fibre, fracture toughness, energy release rate, kenaf mat composite, unsaturated polyester resin
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