Effects of fabric counts and weave designs on the properties of LaminatedWoven Kenaf/Carbon fibre reinforced epoxy hybrid composites

H. A. Aisyah; M. T. Paridah; A. Khalina; S. M. Sapuan; M. S. Wahab; O. B. Berkalp; C. H. Lee; S. H. Lee

doi:10.3390/polym10121320

Effects of fabric counts and weave designs on the properties of LaminatedWoven Kenaf/Carbon fibre reinforced epoxy hybrid composites

H. A. Aisyah, M. T. Paridah^*, A. Khalina, S. M. Sapuan, M. S. Wahab, O. B. Berkalp, C. H. Lee, S. H. Lee

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Department of Textile Engineering

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Abstract

The effects of different fabric materials namely weave designs (plain and satin) and fabric counts (5 × 5 and 6 × 6) on the properties of laminated woven kenaf/carbon fibre reinforced epoxy hybrid composites were evaluated. The hybrid composites were fabricated from two types of fabric, i.e., woven kenaf that was made from a yarn of 500tex and carbon fibre, by using vacuum infusion technique and epoxy resin as matrix. The panels were tested for tensile, flexural, and impact strengths. The results have revealed that plain fabric is more suitable than satin fabric for obtaining high tensile and impact strengths. Using a fabric count of 5 × 5 has generated composites that are significantly higher in flexural modulus as compared to 6 × 6 which may be attributed to their structure and design. The scanned electron micrographs of the fractured surfaces of the composites demonstrated that plain woven fabric composites had better adhesion properties than satin woven fabric composites, as indicated by the presence of notably lower amount of fibre pull out.

Original language	English
Article number	1320
Journal	Polymers
Volume	10
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10121320
Publication status	Published - 28 Nov 2018

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The authors would like to acknowledge Mustafa Yildirim (Faculty of Textile Technologies and Design, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi), Zakaria Jazuli (Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia) and Laboratory of Biocomposite (Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia) for supporting this project. This research was funded by Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre (AMIC) and Higher Education Center of Excellence (HICoE), Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (Grant number 9300426 and 6369109 respectively).

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Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Ministry of Higher Education	6369109, 9300426

Keywords

Fabric
Hybrid composites
Plain
Satin
Woven kenaf

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