Optimization of Mechanical Properties of Epoxy based Wood Dust Reinforced Green Composite Using Taguchi Method

Kumar, Rahul; Kumar, K. Ashok; Bhowmik, Sumit

doi:10.1016/j.mspro.2014.07.316

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“…Tensile strength of a woven was one of the most important properties, which makes it superior in many applications as compared to non-woven fabrics [35][36]. In contrast with other fabrics, woven fabrics showed superior dimensional performance in both vertical and horizontal direction along with utmost cover thread packing compactness [20].…”

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“…Malaysian government considered kenaf as the next generation of major industrial crop in line with economic policy and development to create new sources and at the same time heavily promotes its production growth, to make it abundant, inexpensive and readily available. From the research reviews [19][20][21], these studies highlight to explore properties of industrial kenaf to project it as a prospective energy absorbing in the Malaysia which could be alternative sources of future energy demands in a growing population.…”

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“…This research is an attempt made to study the effect of woven kenaf fibre and orientation using Taguchi Method on energy absorption for polyester composites. To the best of knowledge [19][20][21]24], till now, there isn't any significant work has been done in this area by using Taguchi method to optimize mechanical behaviour from kenaf reinforcement. From previous research [8,21] various fibre volume fractions were analysed to study the effect of kenaf reinforcement on the impact properties.…”

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Mechanical Performances of Twill Kenaf Woven Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composites

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Natural fibres have the potential aspect to replace glass fibre reinforced composites. One of these fibers is kenaf. It is also one of the selected natural fibres that have bio resource profit regarding on their capability to absorb energy absorption especially. In order to prove the application of this fiber for the load-bearing application, the fiber in the form of yarn is weaved into fiber mat and reinforced with the plastic resin. This study focused on the twill yarn kenaf woven composite structure. Composites were prepared using the hand lay-up method with different type of orientation where the orientation is designed using Taguchi method. The hardened composites were cured for 24 hours in an ambient temperature before it was shaped according to ASTM D3039. The samples were then stressed uni-axially to obtain the stress-strain curves. The result shows the fiber orientations were significant factor in determining the performance of tensile strength. In this work, fiber mats are then optimized and the results showed that the values of tensile and modulus strength were 55.738 MPa and 5761.704 Joule, which is increased 3.77% and 4.23% for tensile strength and Young modulus, respectively. By comparing fracture mechanism before and after optimizations, there was clear decreasing fracture surface. It indicated that, the mechanical behavior performances of the twill woven kenaf reinforced composites can be effectively improved by this method.

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Mechanical Performances of Twill Kenaf Woven Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composites

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“…In the current work, the interaction of parameters was investigated using the Taguchi method. Kumar et al [19] analyzed the Taguchi scheme to establish the process parameter for the load and stress of wood dust reinforced polymers. With the assistance of the Taguchi technique, the outcome of load, abrading distance, sliding speed, and percentage of filler on the abrasive wear of the filled composite was studied [20].…”

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Mechanical and Abrasive Wear Performance of Titanium Di-Oxide Filled Woven Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites by Using Taguchi and EDAS Approach

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Mohanavel

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Two-body abrasive wear behavior of glass fabric reinforced (GC) epoxy and titanium dioxide (TiO2) filled composites have been conducted out by using a tribo test machine. GC and TiO2 filled GC composites were produced by the hand layup technique. The mechanical performances of the fabricated composites were calculated as per ASTM standards. Three different weight percentages were mixed with the polymer to develop the mechanical and abrasive wear features of the composites. Evaluation Based on Distance from Average Solution (EDAS), a multi-criteria decision technique is applied to find the best filler content. Based on the output, 2wt% TiO2 filler gave the best result. Abrasive wear tests were used to compare GC and TiO2 filled GC composites. The abrasion wear mechanisms of the unfilled and TiO2 filled composites have also been studied by scanning electron microscopy. The outcome of the paper suggests the correct proportion of filler required for the resin in order to improve the wear resistance of the filled composites. Taguchi combined with Multi-Criteria Decision Method (MCDM) is used to identify the better performance of the TiO2 filled epoxy composites.

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“…Moreover, this research would be novel in this perspective to investigate the mechanical and thermal stability of such composites. The authors have compiled all the reports and concluded that the available studies have covered only limited characteristics of some specific composites, for example, the usage of sundiwood waste in composite [17,35], thermal study of natural fibers composite [36], and flammability of natural fiber reinforced composite [37], etc. Considering this, the presented study focuses on hard and soft wood waste (i.e., acacia and cedar wood) reinforced with epoxy resin polymer to improve the mechanical strength and thermally stability.…”

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Experimental and Statistical Analysis of Saw Mill Wood Waste Composite Properties for Practical Applications

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The utilization of composite materials is increasing at a growing rate in almost all types of products, due to their strength-to-stiffness ratio. From this perspective, natural waste composites, i.e., wood waste composites, have also been investigated for their effective and sustainable employment. This paper deals with the application of hard and soft wood waste (i.e., acacia and cedar wood) with epoxy resin polymer to develop high strength and thermally stable wood composites. Mechanical (tensile, flexural, impact, and hardness) and thermal properties of samples are studied using Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) and Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), respectively. The properties are evaluated by varying the type of wood waste and its percentage by weight. Based on the Taguchi Orthogonal Array Mixture Design, eighteen experiments are investigated. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) results show that wood waste type and wood waste content have a significant effect on all mechanical properties. From the TGA analysis, it is predicted that both types of wood waste composites exhibit similar thermal-induced degradation profiles in terms of the initial and final degradation temperatures. From the DSC results, higher glass transition temperature Tg is detected in 10% of the hardwood waste composite, and a reducing tendency of glass transition temperature Tg is observed with exceeding wood waste content. Moreover, hardwood waste at 10% demonstrated improved decomposition temperature Td, due to strong adhesion between waste and matrix.

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Optimization of Mechanical Properties of Epoxy based Wood Dust Reinforced Green Composite Using Taguchi Method

Cited by 61 publications

References 16 publications

Mechanical Performances of Twill Kenaf Woven Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composites

Mechanical Performances of Twill Kenaf Woven Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composites

Mechanical and Abrasive Wear Performance of Titanium Di-Oxide Filled Woven Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites by Using Taguchi and EDAS Approach

Experimental and Statistical Analysis of Saw Mill Wood Waste Composite Properties for Practical Applications

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