Mechanical properties of hybrid kenaf/glass reinforced epoxy composite for passenger car bumper beam

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4927-4932

  Davoodi, M M ^a   Sapuan, S M ^a   Ahmad, D ^a   Ali, Aidy ^a   Khalina, A ^a   Jonoobi, Mehdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT; AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; BUMPER BEAMS; CAR BUMPERS; CAR MANUFACTURERS; CAR PRODUCTION; END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES; FLEXURAL MODULUS; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; GLASS MAT THERMOPLASTICS; REINFORCED EPOXY; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOBILES; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GLASS FIBERS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; SHEET MOLDING COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; VEHICLES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

AUTOMOBILES; DISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GLASS FIBERS; IMPACT STRENGTH; KENAF; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLDING; NATURAL FIBERS; SHEETS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS; VEHICLES;

EID: 77954143207     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. WBCSD. Meeting the challenges to sustainability (mobility 2030). Geneva: World business council for sustainable development; 2004 April. Report No. 2-940240-57-4.
2. Lan R. Mair. Tomorrow's plastic cars. ATSE Focus. Australian academy of technological sciences and engineering; 2000 July. [cited 2009 August] http://www.atse.org.au/index.php?sectionid=433.
3. Rasshofer W., Weigand E., Frisch K.C. Advances in plastics: automotive polyurethanes, vol. II 2001, Technomic Publishing Company Inc., Lancaster.
4. Davoodi M.M., Sapuan S.M., Ahmad D., Aidy A., Khalina A. A review on natural fiber composites in automotive industry. Research in natural fiber reinforced polymer composite 2008, 247-262. UPM press, Selangor. S.M. Sapuan (Ed.).
5. Mohanty A.K., Misra M., Drzal L.T. Natural fibers, biopolymers, and biocomposites 2005, CRC Press, Boca Raton.
6. Faruk O. Cars from jute and other biofibers; 2006. [cited 2009 September 10]. http://biggani.com/files_of_biggani/mashiur/interview/omar_faruk.pdf.
7. Cicero J.A., Dorgan J.R., Dec S.F., Knauss D.M. Phosphite stabilization effects on two-step melt-spun fibers of polylactide. Polym Degrad Stab 2002, 78(1):95-105.
8. Sapuan S.M., Maleque M.A., Hameedullah M., Suddin M.N., Ismail N. A note on the conceptual design of polymeric composite automotive bumper system. J Mater Process Technol 2005, 159:145-151.
9. Davoodi M.M., Sapuan S.M., Yunus R. Conceptual design of a polymer composite automotive bumper energy absorber. Mater Des 2008, 29:1447-1452.
10. Rowell R.M., Young R.A., Rowell J.K. Paper and composites from agro-based resources 1997, CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton.
11. Mohanty A.K., Misra M., Hinrichsen G. Biofibers, biodegradable polymers and biocomposites. An overview Macromol Mater Eng 2000, 1:276-277.
12. Parikh DV et al. Use of kenaf fibers in automotive nonwovens. Part I: improved chemical retting of kenaf fibers; 2009. [cited 2009 September 12]. United State department of agriculture USDA. http://www.nal.usda.gov/ttic/tektran/data/000012/58/0000125878.html.
13. Satyanarayana KG et al. Hand book of ceramics and composites, vol. 1. New York: Courtesy of Marcel Dekker; 1990. p. 341.
14. Kickelbick G. Hybrid materials: synthesis, characterization, and applications 2007, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim.
15. Mohanty A, Misra KM, Drzal LT. Surface modification of natural fibers to improve adhesion as reinforcements for thermoset composites. In: Emerson JA, editor. The adhesion society. Proceedings of 24th annual meeting of the adhesion society-adhesion science for the 21st century; 2001 February 25-28; Williamsburg, Virginia; 2001. p. 418-20.
16. Matweb material property data. Azdel Plus C401B02N 40% Chopped Fiber Mat/PP Resin Matrix 2009 [cited 2009 August 10]. http://www.matweb.com/search/datasheet.aspx?MatGUID=e9348a559e504a8c897ffdc9b83aa232.
17. Tucker N., Lindsey K. An introduction to automotive composites 2002, Rapra Technology Limited, Shropshire.
18. Trevor F. Starr. composites: a profile of worldwide reinforced plastics industry, markets and suppliers 1999, Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford. 3rd ed.
19. Ashby M., Johnson K. Materials and design: the art and science of materials selection in product design 2002, Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford.
20. American society for testing and materials. Standard test methods for determining the Izod pendulum impact resistance of plastics. Pennsylvania: ASTM; 2004 June [D256-04].
21. Matweb material property data. Azdel Plus C401-B01 40% Chopped Fiber Mat/PP Resin Matrix; 2010. [cited 2010 April 27]. http://www.matweb.com/search/datasheet.aspx?MatGUID=c9cea89b3274415d892ea6af98f39647.
22. Karian Harutun G. Handbook of polypropylene and polypropylene composites 2003, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York.