Analysis of Tensile Strength of Bamboo Reinforced Polyester Composite
Nigerian grown species of bamboo called bambusa vulgaris which was examined to analyze its tensile strength. The fibre characteristics and tensile strength were investigated at three different fibre lengths and fibre loadings i.e 10, 30,50mm and 10, 30, 50 wt.% respectively. Fibre length was var...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Eftimie Murgu University of Resita
2016-10-01
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Series: | Analele Universităţii "Eftimie Murgu" Reşiţa: Fascicola I, Inginerie |
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Online Access: | http://anale-ing.uem.ro/2016/27.pdf |
Summary: | Nigerian grown species of bamboo called bambusa vulgaris which was
examined to analyze its tensile strength. The fibre characteristics and
tensile strength were investigated at three different fibre lengths and
fibre loadings i.e 10, 30,50mm and 10, 30, 50 wt.% respectively. Fibre
length was varied in each fibre loading from 10mm to 50mm, the
tensile strength of the three different series of composites varies from
28.32Mpa to 38.10Mpa. The predicted optimum tensile strength is
44.51Mpa. Generated results have been validated by the confirmation
of experiments at three replications, when the control factors were set
at 30mm and 30% wt or (level 2, level 2), using Taguchi’s design of
experiments approach. It was observed from the analysis of variance of
the samples that there is a variation in the increase of tensile strength
of the bamboo that are dependent on the fibre length and fibre loading
used. The percentage contributions of parameter according to the
pooled ANOVA for signal-to- Noise ratio showed that the fibre length
(36.61%) in controlling variation and mean strength is significantly
smaller than the fibre loading (44.15%). |
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ISSN: | 1453-7397 1453-7397 |