Mechanical properties of laminated bamboo strips from Gigantochloa Scortechinii/polyester composites

Rassiah, Kannan; Ahmad, Muhammad Zamharir; Ali, Aidy

doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2013.12.070

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“…The morphological variables concern the height of the dominant culms, circumference of the mature culms, length of the internodes, number of node, length and width of the sheath, length and width of the limb and length and width of the ligula. Many authors showed that all these morphological, anatomical and physical characteristics have implications on the uses of bamboo species (Rassiah et al, 2014;Banik, 1993;1997;Liese, 1998). The lengths and the widths are measured with a tape or a graduated ruler.…”

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Bamboo resources in Togo

Kokutse¹,

Adjonou²,

Guelly³

et al. 2014

Int. J. Bio. Chem. Sci

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The reduction of the forest resources requires the use of some under-utilized timber and Non Timber Forest Products such as the bamboos. This study analyses the diversity, ecological and morphological characteristics and the uses of 257 bamboos clumps dispersed in different zones in Togo. The results show that most of the clumps are natural groves, occupying 76.6% of the total bamboo area in Togo, and the proportion of the private plantations is 23.4%. The bamboo clumps are generally of small size. Five local or naturalized species have been encountered: Bambusa arundinacea, Bambusa multiplex, Bambusa vulgaris, Bambusa vulgaris var. striata and Oxytenanthera abyssinica. Twenty other species introduced recently are in experimentation in the Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC-Togo). The most two frequent bamboos are Bambusa vulgaris (85.21% of the clumps) and Oxytenanthera abyssinica (11.28%). Both bamboo species have a contrasted ecology; the first is abundant in the guinean zone of the country and the second in the sudanese zone. The usual practices assessment of the bamboo species show that in Togo, the production, exploitation and processing are again at the craft level. The management of the forest resources in Togo requires more exploitation of the bamboos species, as an alternative to limit the human pressure on the traditional plant species (Teak, Iroko, Mahogen, Afzelia, etc.).

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Section: Data Collectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bamboo resources in Togo

Kokutse¹,

Adjonou²,

Guelly³

et al. 2014

Int. J. Bio. Chem. Sci

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“…The other key driver in using bamboo fibres as reinforced material in polymer composites is its cellulose fibres embedded in a lignin that is aligned along the length of bamboo [24,25]. It provides maximum tensile and flexural strength as well as rigidity in that direction.…”

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“…or thermosetting (polyester, vinyl ester, epoxy) to produce BPC. Bamboo easily grows in most tropical countries including Indonesia, requires only 5 years to grow as a mature plant [3]. The bamboo fibre was known to have superior mechanical properties compared to wood in term of strength and toughness.…”

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Treatment of bamboo fibres in improving mechanical performance of polymer composites – A review

Widiastuti

Solikhun

Cahyo

et al. 2018

AIP Conference Proceedings

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The use of bamboo fiber in reinforced concrete beam to reduce crack AIP Conference Proceedings 1887, 020003 (2017) Abstract. The hydrophilic character is a major concern in the development of natural fibre reinforced-polymer composites. As hydrophilic material which easily absorbs water, the water content inside bamboo fibres should be carefully controlled to produce bamboo composite possessing acceptable mechanical properties. The bamboo fibres provide a reservoir of water which diffuses into the interfacial region of epoxy matrix. Different hydrophilicity between bamboo fibres and the polymer matrix affects the fibre matrix adhesion which in turn influences the physical and mechanical performances of the composites. This article provides a short review on the current progress of bamboo-based polymer composite development. Further this present review discusses several treatments for bamboo fibres in order to improve the fibre-matrix adhesion and the effects on the moisture sensitivity mechanical performance of resulted composites. Those treatments aim not only to change the hydrophilic character of bamboo fibre but also to bring about the hydrophobic properties to the fibres. It is expected that the potential of bamboo material could be fully exploited as an alternative natural fibre reinforced material for polymer-based composites in wider application.

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“…Today, the incorporation of composites has become a common practice in aircraft design and manufacturing [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. In the next generation of aircraft, the use of polymer composites is expected to hit more than 50% of the overall aircraft's structures.…”

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“…However, polymer composites have deprived in fracture toughness compared to steel and aluminium, and this became an impediment to polymer composites to become the so-called dominant materials on aircraft structures. Over the years, tremendous efforts [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] have been conducted to alter epoxy system by adding either micron-sized soft (rubber or thermoplastic) or rigid (glass or ceramic) particles into the polymer matrix. These filler particles are then expected to provide extrinsic toughening mechanism through crack bridging, crack pinning, crack path deflection, localized inelastic matrix deformation and void nucleation [8].…”

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Mechanical and Fracture Surface Analysis of Higher Viscous Epoxy/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites Subjected to Flexural Loading

Ali¹,

Sohaimi²,

Ismail³

2018

Natural and Artificial Fiber-Reinforced Composites as Renewable Sources

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This study experimentally characterizes the effect of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) reinforced to higher viscous aircraft thermoset polymer epoxy. The effects of MWNTs weight percentage (wt%) to flexural and fracture toughness properties were investigated via Mode I fracture behaviour. This experiment found that the average increment in fracture toughness of 0.1 and 0.3 wt% MWNTs reinforced to epoxy is 62.7 and 31.8%, respectively. However, shifting to a higher viscosity epoxy lead to some difficulties like to remove void formed in matrix and harder to achieve appropriate carbon nanotubes (CNTs) dispersion due to limited pot life and working time. Morphological study analysis on fracture surface using field emission scanning electron microscopic (FESEM) shows that the mechanical properties enhancement was attributed to crack pinning, crack path deflection and localized inelastic matrix deformation due to agglomerated CNTs. The study concluded that the key important to the extent the strength and fracture toughness is by finding the appropriate processing method to achieve adequate state of CNTs dispersion within the matrix.

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Mechanical properties of laminated bamboo strips from Gigantochloa Scortechinii/polyester composites

Cited by 49 publications

References 17 publications

Bamboo resources in Togo

Bamboo resources in Togo

Treatment of bamboo fibres in improving mechanical performance of polymer composites – A review

Mechanical and Fracture Surface Analysis of Higher Viscous Epoxy/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites Subjected to Flexural Loading

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